Help with recipe

[simon.nasfeldt]

Hello!
I'm new to brewing and i'm following a recipe I got from my local brewstore, and I have some trouble understanding the volumes in the recipe it says 12,3litre in the mash stage then 27 litre in the "wort" stage I think and the finale colume is 23litre but the total volume is 32litre. can someone hep to explain when to add water at which stage in the brew process?

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

It seems they have not included any sparge water, weird. Is the recipe for biab? It looks incomplete in regards to the water volumes.
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[simon.nasfeldt]

Sorry, i'm not sure what kind of recipe it is, i'm currently doing heating the first stage 65 degrees celsius with 4.7kg malt & 235g caramel malt. I have 10 min left but increased the volume to 20litre because it seemed to thick with 12.3 I think, II thought maybe it doesn't matter because 2nd stage the volume increase anyway?

 

[simon.nasfeldt]

also does boiling mean 100 degrees kettle boil?

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

I suppose they assume you will top up to the correct pre boil volume, that's what I would do.
A tip is to check your actual boil off and then get some recipe building software to get some more control.

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

And boiling means literally boiling the wort, yes.

 

[simon.nasfeldt]

I suppose they assume you will top up to the correct pre boil volume, that's what I would do.
A tip is to check your actual boil off and then get some recipe building software to get some more control.

Thank you erik for all your help, I added to the volume so it's 32 litre now before boiling and then after the volume maybe the volume decrease to the 23 litre? sorry i'm retarted I know I should research this before trying

 

[simon.nasfeldt]

I suppose they assume you will top up to the correct pre boil volume, that's what I would do.
A tip is to check your actual boil off and then get some recipe building software to get some more control.

what do you mean actual boil off?

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

The amount of water that is evaporated is probably not the same as the people who wrote your recipe assumed from some sort of average i guess.
You will likely end up with a bit more or a bit less than 23L, you should check how much YOUR kettle evaporates during a 1hr boil to get more precise volumes adapted to your personal gear/setup.

 

[simon.nasfeldt]

Ok, I guess then i'm not doing anything really bad then it seems?, i'll check what the volume is after 70min boiling and then next time have more/less volume depending on how muh volume is left after boiling now?

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

The most precise way would probably be to simply fill the kettle with 25L of water, boil 1hr and then messure how much is left (after cooling)

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

But you will make beer, no worries.
These are just measures to get more control over the process for future brews.

 

[simon.nasfeldt]

Okay, thank you alot Erik for all the help
I'll chill out and see what the result is, if I need bigger or less volume in the future, right now it seems it might settle ataround 23 litre (it is at 25 litre right now), maybe a little less, with 40min remaining of the boil

 

[simon.nasfeldt]

it's at 23litres now with 30min boil remaining, is it dumb to add a couple of litres of water to maybe end at 23 litre?

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

I'd let it ride and take notes for future brews.
The worst that will happen is it's slightly more bitter and slightly stronger than planned.

 

[simon.nasfeldt]

Okay, I didn̈́t touch it and it seems to have have settled at 21 litres and I've cooled it below 40 degrees now, I guess I may how freaked out for nothing. Next tiime I can add some more water before the boil. Thank you erik, this is s complicated for me yet

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

No problem.
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[simon.nasfeldt]

No problem.
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[Erik the Anglophile]

Leinkåopeeng, hehe.
Jag bor lite längre norrut, i en liten by nära Kalix, några mil från Finska gränsen.
Just keep at it and everything will start making sense soon.

 

[BigDave1303]

Watch a few YouTube videos. ?You will learn a lot.