Hey-o!
So I brewed a California Common, such a great house beer. Some pics below.
Beautiful day here in the Central Valley, high 50s and sunny. But I have a repeating problem, and I need a little help.
PROBLEM: I'm probably 5 batches into all grain. My preboil volume is always targeted around 6.5 Gallons, so that's what I try to hit. I'm a Double batch sparge guy.
My post-boil volume is always SUPER low! I lose probably a Gallon to break/trub material that I don't want goin into the fermenter, but maybe I DO want to just pour it in.
My prediction: preboil volume of 6.5 gallons. lose 1.5 gallons to evap. Lose another gallon to break/trub/hop loss.
That leaves me at 4 gallons. Which is pretty much where I ended up today, just over 4 gallons. The good news is I hit my OG, so I'm kinda okay with it. But dammit, once the yeast cake settles and trub settles, I'm sure I'll end up with less than 4 gallons of beer. That's a lotta work for less than 4 gallons of beer.
Any pro tips you guys could point out!
On to some pics...cheers fellas. Best site in the world right here!
Mash-tastic - yah, I mash with a yard stick
Vorlauf'in like a mofo
New kettle goin to work
Threw in some beautiful pink peppercorns at the end of the boil
Wort boils at 212 degrees
Adios!
Meatwad
So I brewed a California Common, such a great house beer. Some pics below.
Beautiful day here in the Central Valley, high 50s and sunny. But I have a repeating problem, and I need a little help.
PROBLEM: I'm probably 5 batches into all grain. My preboil volume is always targeted around 6.5 Gallons, so that's what I try to hit. I'm a Double batch sparge guy.
My post-boil volume is always SUPER low! I lose probably a Gallon to break/trub material that I don't want goin into the fermenter, but maybe I DO want to just pour it in.
My prediction: preboil volume of 6.5 gallons. lose 1.5 gallons to evap. Lose another gallon to break/trub/hop loss.
That leaves me at 4 gallons. Which is pretty much where I ended up today, just over 4 gallons. The good news is I hit my OG, so I'm kinda okay with it. But dammit, once the yeast cake settles and trub settles, I'm sure I'll end up with less than 4 gallons of beer. That's a lotta work for less than 4 gallons of beer.
Any pro tips you guys could point out!
On to some pics...cheers fellas. Best site in the world right here!
Mash-tastic - yah, I mash with a yard stick
![photo%252820%2529.JPG](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/a32/a324eacaea41c2d18283bf0dd57f58d2.jpg)
Vorlauf'in like a mofo
![photo%252819%2529.JPG](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/476/47673b789e352fc74b12236f34140d30.jpg)
New kettle goin to work
![photo%252817%2529.JPG](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/a25/a25359f7e9f5057000aa3aba00849a4a.jpg)
Threw in some beautiful pink peppercorns at the end of the boil
![photo%252818%2529.JPG](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b14/b1455039f4feb15c078e67a7a575e8e5.jpg)
Wort boils at 212 degrees
![photo%252816%2529.JPG](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/354/3541a4219af4b9e3a3ee6b1acb970ca2.jpg)
Adios!
![photo%252821%2529.JPG](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/a1a/a1a06acb3e35cefef69f6cc4d164e8d2.jpg)
Meatwad