dmaddox
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In the stickies I've read here, it seems that for every pound of grain, I am adding 1-1.25 quarts of water. Got it. Then, I am sparging with 1/2 gallon of water per pound of grain, Got it.
Why then, does every recipe I find - not follow that rule at all - or am I misunderstanding?
I downloaded a nut-brown ale. Batch size 6 gal. Boil volume 8.5 gal. Fermentables, 13 pounds.
If I follow the sticky for new a/g brewers....I should be mashing in with about 4 gallons of water at 152 degrees and then sparging in two phases with an additional 6.5 gallons of 200 degree water.
I lose about 50% to mash loss due to the 13 pounds of grains soaking it up and the rest below my ball valve. So if I am gleaning about 2-3 gallons of mash, I am then sparging with almost 7 gallons of hot water? For a boil volume of about 10 gallons? Huh?
According to the recipe, I am boiling in 6 gallons of water, sparging enough to bring it up to 8.5 gallons to boil with, losing about 1.5 gallons to boil off, and fermenting about 6 gallons at the end. Right?
Have I confused you as much as I am confused?
Why then, does every recipe I find - not follow that rule at all - or am I misunderstanding?
I downloaded a nut-brown ale. Batch size 6 gal. Boil volume 8.5 gal. Fermentables, 13 pounds.
If I follow the sticky for new a/g brewers....I should be mashing in with about 4 gallons of water at 152 degrees and then sparging in two phases with an additional 6.5 gallons of 200 degree water.
I lose about 50% to mash loss due to the 13 pounds of grains soaking it up and the rest below my ball valve. So if I am gleaning about 2-3 gallons of mash, I am then sparging with almost 7 gallons of hot water? For a boil volume of about 10 gallons? Huh?
According to the recipe, I am boiling in 6 gallons of water, sparging enough to bring it up to 8.5 gallons to boil with, losing about 1.5 gallons to boil off, and fermenting about 6 gallons at the end. Right?
Have I confused you as much as I am confused?