I usually boil 10 mins prior to starting my hop adds and typical 60 minute timer (total boil of 70min). I have been losing about 2 to 2.25 gallons during this time. Has anyone else had these high evaporation rates?
I do extract and steep the grains in 5 gal of water followed by a 1gal sparge. I am wondering if I may be losing a bit of water due to the grains soaking up water. I may also be losing some from the leaf hops which I leave behind in the brew pot. I have a typical turkey fryer so the rolling boil is nothing excessive. It has been in the upper 90's here with humidity in the mid 60's to mid 70's.
I plan on starting my next batch with 7 gallons and a target wort of 5 gal.
I just got pro mash software to play with and find that they estimate about 16% loss where I am about double that to evaporation (or whatever a combination of things it may be)
I do extract and steep the grains in 5 gal of water followed by a 1gal sparge. I am wondering if I may be losing a bit of water due to the grains soaking up water. I may also be losing some from the leaf hops which I leave behind in the brew pot. I have a typical turkey fryer so the rolling boil is nothing excessive. It has been in the upper 90's here with humidity in the mid 60's to mid 70's.
I plan on starting my next batch with 7 gallons and a target wort of 5 gal.
I just got pro mash software to play with and find that they estimate about 16% loss where I am about double that to evaporation (or whatever a combination of things it may be)