Brewed a schwarzbier last week and noticed at the end of the boil that we had between 5.25-5.5 gallons of wort.
Pumped through the plate chiller and when the boil kettle was empty we noticed the carboy was only full to 4.75+ gallons. This is a 30-plate chiller
Do you all adjust your recipes to have more post boil wort to accomodate the loss inside the wort chiller? or do you force extra wort out of the chiller?
When cleaning our equipment and pumping sanitizer through we counted around 2 quarts of wort trapped inside the plate chiller.
Pumped through the plate chiller and when the boil kettle was empty we noticed the carboy was only full to 4.75+ gallons. This is a 30-plate chiller
Do you all adjust your recipes to have more post boil wort to accomodate the loss inside the wort chiller? or do you force extra wort out of the chiller?
When cleaning our equipment and pumping sanitizer through we counted around 2 quarts of wort trapped inside the plate chiller.