carloscede2
Well-Known Member
So I always wondered why if everywhere I read p eople say that they get 50 12 oz bottles per 5 gallons batch, I got more than 50, even 65. I never really paid attention to that. But now I had the thought of what if Im putting more water than 5 gallons? (I started with extract kits). Then I read the instructions from the starter kit I got and it said that the 5 gallons mark was 7 cm from the top and I measured that and yes, it was right. I kept doing 5 gallons recipes and I always ended up with more beer and different og than the ones calculated until now, because I measured the "5" gallons mark that they were talking about and it is actually 6 gallons. The problems is that, as I am in Canada, they marked it to 5 imperial gallons mark which equals 6 us gallons. I am extremely mad right now. It why my beers where always light as hell. I also dont understand why they would do that kind of sht if all the recipes are in 5 us gallons. I am all grain now so my last batch is safe. However, I have a blonde ale fermenting in that pail and when I changed the stats, it will yield a 4% beer from the 5.4% that I had calculated. I just cant describe what Im feeling right now
