I have a 6.5 gallon glass True Brew carboy but forgot to mark where 5 gallons should be before I poured the wort in. Does anybody with experience with this specific carboy know how many inches high the 5 gallon mark should be?
How high should 5 gallons be in a 6.5 gallon carboy?
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I tried looking up dimensions of your carboy but they seem to differ. How about you measure the approximate diameter of your carboy (divided by two for radius) first. 5 gallons equals 1155 in^3. Then you can solve for h..
h=(1155)/(pi*r^2)
Should at least get you in the ballpark!
roughly a few inches below the shoulder of the carboy is where my 5.25 gallons sits. i can't measure up from the bottom right now, it's in a water bath and my other 6.5 carboy has 6 gallons in it. hope that helps.
edit: or listen to Kyle, that sounds like a much better way to figure it out in your personal carboy.
edit: or listen to Kyle, that sounds like a much better way to figure it out in your personal carboy.
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