mangine77
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Just when I think I know what I'm doing, I get confused about something that is very simple.
Ok, I've been doing several recipes from the Jamil book. It says in his book that all of the recipes are supposed to be configured to result in 6 gallons of wort being left after a 60 minute boil. He figures you will dump 5.5 gallons into the fermenter leaving .5 gallon behind. Then he figures another .5 gallon will be left behind after fermentation, leaving you with a final 5 gallons that goes into the bottles.
So, what should I be putting into Beersmith for a batch size?? I've been entering 5.5 gallon batch size into Beersmith because I usually shoot for 7 gallon of pre boil and I boil about 1.5 gallons in 60 minutes, leaving me with 5.5 left.
I feel like I've been calculating everything wrong
I only have a 7.5 gallon kettle for now but I'm going to up it soon.
Those that use beersmith, what batch size do you set??
How much do you boil off after 60 minutes?
Ok, I've been doing several recipes from the Jamil book. It says in his book that all of the recipes are supposed to be configured to result in 6 gallons of wort being left after a 60 minute boil. He figures you will dump 5.5 gallons into the fermenter leaving .5 gallon behind. Then he figures another .5 gallon will be left behind after fermentation, leaving you with a final 5 gallons that goes into the bottles.
So, what should I be putting into Beersmith for a batch size?? I've been entering 5.5 gallon batch size into Beersmith because I usually shoot for 7 gallon of pre boil and I boil about 1.5 gallons in 60 minutes, leaving me with 5.5 left.
I feel like I've been calculating everything wrong
I only have a 7.5 gallon kettle for now but I'm going to up it soon.
Those that use beersmith, what batch size do you set??
How much do you boil off after 60 minutes?