tgrier
Well-Known Member
This might be a dumb question. but as I sit here and "not work" for a few and think about my up coming first AG brew tonight (doing Ed's Pale Ale) .
I have been planning and reading and planning and learning.
The one element I am left with now is .... How do I judge how much wort I have when the run off and the sparge is complete? This is a number I would need to judge my efficiency.
It is a 60quart pot and I generally can tell .. 5 mark and the 10 mark. But know it was 6.5gallons.. I am not so sure on...
just wondering what others are doing?
I am considering at this point - using a tea pot method I saw alton brown use. That was getting a stick (in my case my mash paddle) and fill the pot with 5gal - make a mark on the stick, fill to 6.5 make a mark, and so on... much like the river level guides at low water crossings we have here in Texas.
Any other thoughts?
Thanks guys...
T
now back to work... ha!
I have been planning and reading and planning and learning.
The one element I am left with now is .... How do I judge how much wort I have when the run off and the sparge is complete? This is a number I would need to judge my efficiency.
It is a 60quart pot and I generally can tell .. 5 mark and the 10 mark. But know it was 6.5gallons.. I am not so sure on...
just wondering what others are doing?
I am considering at this point - using a tea pot method I saw alton brown use. That was getting a stick (in my case my mash paddle) and fill the pot with 5gal - make a mark on the stick, fill to 6.5 make a mark, and so on... much like the river level guides at low water crossings we have here in Texas.
Any other thoughts?
Thanks guys...
T
now back to work... ha!