paint_it_black
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Does anyone know a way of determining what my pre-boil gravity should be?
For instance, I know that my OG (after the boil and cooling) is supposed to be 1.059, and the batch size is 5 gallons. During my sparge I monitor the gravity so I can be sure to not go below 1.008. Once I hit 1.008 I stop the sparge. I'd like to be able to take a gravity reading of the body of sweet wort at that time to know whether I'll hit my OG after the boil. This will come in especially handy if I have to stop teh sparge, but have not reached my target pre-boil volume -- I may want to top it off with water prior to the boil. But in order to do that, I should know what gravity I should be bringing it down to. (This also segues into another question: Is there a way of figuring out what my gravity will be after adding x amount of water? (5 gallons of wort at x1 gravity + 1 gallon of water = 6 gallons of wort at x2 gravity).
Did any of that make sense? I'm in the process of brewing right now, so I haven't had tie to compose my thoughts properly. Apologies. If you understand what I'm getting at, please let me know your opinions.
For instance, I know that my OG (after the boil and cooling) is supposed to be 1.059, and the batch size is 5 gallons. During my sparge I monitor the gravity so I can be sure to not go below 1.008. Once I hit 1.008 I stop the sparge. I'd like to be able to take a gravity reading of the body of sweet wort at that time to know whether I'll hit my OG after the boil. This will come in especially handy if I have to stop teh sparge, but have not reached my target pre-boil volume -- I may want to top it off with water prior to the boil. But in order to do that, I should know what gravity I should be bringing it down to. (This also segues into another question: Is there a way of figuring out what my gravity will be after adding x amount of water? (5 gallons of wort at x1 gravity + 1 gallon of water = 6 gallons of wort at x2 gravity).
Did any of that make sense? I'm in the process of brewing right now, so I haven't had tie to compose my thoughts properly. Apologies. If you understand what I'm getting at, please let me know your opinions.