I'm a fairly small-time brewer and I was wondering how one would go about the following situation:
I'm boiling 5 liters of water (wort) and adding 5 liters of water as a base to my carboy. Of course I am doing everything as if my wort was 10 liters.
My question is what would be the best way to register Original Gravity in this situation ? Will taking OG on the 5 liters wort be accurate enough even if I am pouring it into 5 additional liters afterwards ?
I ask because I don't wish to take a sample out of my carboy once all 10 liters are in for risk of contamination.
Thank you in advance.
I'm boiling 5 liters of water (wort) and adding 5 liters of water as a base to my carboy. Of course I am doing everything as if my wort was 10 liters.
My question is what would be the best way to register Original Gravity in this situation ? Will taking OG on the 5 liters wort be accurate enough even if I am pouring it into 5 additional liters afterwards ?
I ask because I don't wish to take a sample out of my carboy once all 10 liters are in for risk of contamination.
Thank you in advance.