zodiak3000
Well-Known Member
Preppin to do my first AG. Just had a question about measurment of strike/sparge. so to initially measure i was going to follow the method-
Calculate mash water _____lbs x 1qts = __ /4 = ____Gallons
13.5 lbs of grain/4= 3.375 gallons of water
reading from an earlier post i would be losing about 1.375 gallons
3.375-1.375= 2 gallons of wort from first runnings?
should i have a higher strike water?
meaning i should add about 5.375 of sparge water to get a 6 gallon boil?
also, do any of you actually measure the first runnings wort before adding strike water? or measuring all collected wort before boiling? if so, how would you do this? (besides just going off calculations)
i seen one vid on youtube w/ a dude using some kind of pre-measured bamboo stick or something. how would you even make something like that? filling up gallon by gallon in your brew kettle and then marking notches, haha idk. anyway, should i increase my strike water and does my calculating technique seem legit for sparge? also, any ideas to actually measure the wort? thanks yall..
Calculate mash water _____lbs x 1qts = __ /4 = ____Gallons
13.5 lbs of grain/4= 3.375 gallons of water
reading from an earlier post i would be losing about 1.375 gallons
3.375-1.375= 2 gallons of wort from first runnings?
should i have a higher strike water?
meaning i should add about 5.375 of sparge water to get a 6 gallon boil?
also, do any of you actually measure the first runnings wort before adding strike water? or measuring all collected wort before boiling? if so, how would you do this? (besides just going off calculations)
i seen one vid on youtube w/ a dude using some kind of pre-measured bamboo stick or something. how would you even make something like that? filling up gallon by gallon in your brew kettle and then marking notches, haha idk. anyway, should i increase my strike water and does my calculating technique seem legit for sparge? also, any ideas to actually measure the wort? thanks yall..