Canadabrew
Well-Known Member
So just got my spigots installed in my kegs and am ready to do my first batch with this new set up tomorrow.
Last night I was calibrating the volume of the keg and using a piece of wood to measure a gallon at a time for both my MLT and my BK.
So my question is this. In my boil kettle when I drain all the liquid out from the spigot I am left with 2.2 gallons underneath the spigot. Do you just leave this as waste as no doubt it will contain trub. (I'm generally doing 10 gallon batches) Or do you grab an auto siphon and get more wort out?
Just wondering if I need to work this wasted volume into my calculations. When I did 5 gallon batches I wasn't really left with that much trub so 2.2 gallons seems excessive.
Appreciate any advice.
Cheers
Last night I was calibrating the volume of the keg and using a piece of wood to measure a gallon at a time for both my MLT and my BK.
So my question is this. In my boil kettle when I drain all the liquid out from the spigot I am left with 2.2 gallons underneath the spigot. Do you just leave this as waste as no doubt it will contain trub. (I'm generally doing 10 gallon batches) Or do you grab an auto siphon and get more wort out?
Just wondering if I need to work this wasted volume into my calculations. When I did 5 gallon batches I wasn't really left with that much trub so 2.2 gallons seems excessive.
Appreciate any advice.
Cheers