stoneyrok
Active Member
Hi all,
So I moved to all grain and brewed a founders breakfast stout clone, a smash with cascade hops, and a red ale IPA. One thing seemingly obvious is there is a lot more trub loss with all grain, so I don't have my volumes correct. Ie: I just racked my red ale dry hopped tonight for the third time, to get the floating hops out. I will bottle this tomorrow, but I am down to like 3.5 gallons. I racked my breakfast stout once using a Cain and have about 4 gallons. The my smash racked and about 3.5 gal...
What shpuld I be doing with these volumes? Shpuld I mash out 7.5 gallons, boil down and ferment 6 gallons to rack it down to 4.5 to 5 gallons? I guess I expect a few cases 48 bottles per batch. I figure I will put the recipe in beer smith for 5 gallons, then ramp it up to 7.5, add the extra malt etc, then by the time it makes it through the primary, secondary, and to bottling I will have 5 gallons. Big question being... Are these 5 gallon recipes for 5 gallons but ends up 3.5 racking and trub or should we be using the 5 gallon recipe and sparge up to 7.5 gallons to end with 5? Whichever you do could seriously affect the recipe when you factor in trub, sediment, and volume loss.. Thoughts or suggestions are greatly welcomed!
So I moved to all grain and brewed a founders breakfast stout clone, a smash with cascade hops, and a red ale IPA. One thing seemingly obvious is there is a lot more trub loss with all grain, so I don't have my volumes correct. Ie: I just racked my red ale dry hopped tonight for the third time, to get the floating hops out. I will bottle this tomorrow, but I am down to like 3.5 gallons. I racked my breakfast stout once using a Cain and have about 4 gallons. The my smash racked and about 3.5 gal...
What shpuld I be doing with these volumes? Shpuld I mash out 7.5 gallons, boil down and ferment 6 gallons to rack it down to 4.5 to 5 gallons? I guess I expect a few cases 48 bottles per batch. I figure I will put the recipe in beer smith for 5 gallons, then ramp it up to 7.5, add the extra malt etc, then by the time it makes it through the primary, secondary, and to bottling I will have 5 gallons. Big question being... Are these 5 gallon recipes for 5 gallons but ends up 3.5 racking and trub or should we be using the 5 gallon recipe and sparge up to 7.5 gallons to end with 5? Whichever you do could seriously affect the recipe when you factor in trub, sediment, and volume loss.. Thoughts or suggestions are greatly welcomed!