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did another one yesterday: Readings were: Pre-boil: 1.041 Pre-ferm: 1.050 I started with 30 litres and used a BIAB method. My final volume going into the carboy was pretty much there. Maybe a tad under. I forgot to get some DME so we just pitched the whitelabs yeast rather than use a...

Funnily enough I've just bought a proper bag. Out of interest then, if I want to end up with 5 gallons, as an absolute guess what would you start off with?

God, you know I'm such a fool. I just realised that i didnt use the right amount of grain did I!!! Doh! I got mixed up weighing. So, how much water should we use to start off then do you think? An extra 5 Litres?

Thanks for your detailed reply Fat Dragon - We followed the recipe to the letter. Bought ourselves a 32ltr pot with a tap to boil. Did it all right. But for some reason we have gone amiss. This is the recipe we followed: Ingredients 12.5 lbs. (5.7 kg)  Maris Otter pale malt 16 AAU...

Sorry - it was boiled for 90 mins. I dont have a tub yet so we just put the grains into two muslin bags and left them to soak for an hour. Then we boiled for 90 mins adding hops and the start and then at the end. The idea being that we then dry hop in a second fermentation. Its been 24 hours now...

Hey - So first ever all grain brew tonight. Brewdog Punk IPA clone. With the limited equipment we soaked 2.7kg grains in muslin bags in 4l litres of water for an hour. Then sparged them with another 4 litres. So we've used a total of 19 litres. We've literally just put into the first fermenter...

so can I just get this clear (as a newbie to brewing) - no sugar is added at all (apart from the primer)?