shredthrash
Active Member
Hi all,
In order to get around the slight variations in water volume based on temperature and also to stop trying to measure my brewing water with pails, sight glasses, volume markers, etc, I decided to start measuring my water volume by weight.
Ex. I'm assuming that the weight of 1L of water is always 1 KG, so if I need 20L of strike water I will weigh out 20 KG of water.
Furthermore, when I am done collecting my wort out of the kettle I will weigh the carboy (having already accounted for the weight of the empty vessel) and then divide that value by my SG to get an accurate representation of the volume in the fermentor.
I was just wondering if there are any areas where people can tell me that I'm wrong, that I'm missing something, or just general criticism or tips.
Thanks very much and I hope that I posted this in the right area!
- Ben
In order to get around the slight variations in water volume based on temperature and also to stop trying to measure my brewing water with pails, sight glasses, volume markers, etc, I decided to start measuring my water volume by weight.
Ex. I'm assuming that the weight of 1L of water is always 1 KG, so if I need 20L of strike water I will weigh out 20 KG of water.
Furthermore, when I am done collecting my wort out of the kettle I will weigh the carboy (having already accounted for the weight of the empty vessel) and then divide that value by my SG to get an accurate representation of the volume in the fermentor.
I was just wondering if there are any areas where people can tell me that I'm wrong, that I'm missing something, or just general criticism or tips.
Thanks very much and I hope that I posted this in the right area!
- Ben