I've only got 3 all grain batches under my belt and I just wanted a little help understanding the volume of water I am supposed to be using on my dough in. I use promash and in the mashing section lets say for example I want a 1.5 water/grain ratio. Well based on say 11 lbs of grain that will give me a water volume of 4.13 gallons. However the total mash volume it gives me is 5.01 gallons. Does this mean I am supposed to be doing my mash with 4 gallons and then sparging with additional water to achieve 5 gallons total, or I am supposed to start the mash with the total 5 gallons?
Normally I start the mash with 5 gallons, end up with about 3 after the first run and then add an additional 3 or 4 gallons during my batch sparge to top off to 6 gallons for the boil. Anything wrong with this process?
Normally I start the mash with 5 gallons, end up with about 3 after the first run and then add an additional 3 or 4 gallons during my batch sparge to top off to 6 gallons for the boil. Anything wrong with this process?