ryan810cows
Well-Known Member
So I'm going to be brewing my first 5-Gallon extract (Chinook IPA) batch this Sunday in my e-keggle. I have been going through all the steps in my head for the past few days. One thing I'm confused on is how much actual volume of wort I put into The fermenter. I'm not worried about blow off because I have a 7.3 gallon fermenter. I would like to get the most amount of beers out of it but also don't want to subject low quality beer.
Here is my first plan:
- steep specialty grains in 1 gallon of water pot
- heat up half a gallon of water in a different pot to pour over/rinse specialty grains.
- begin heating up 5 gallons of water in keggle
- and all specialty grain water to Keggle
- Bring to boil
- add LME and DME
- add hops according to recipe (I will add all hops in recipe even though it's meant for a partial boil. I don't mind it being a little extra hoppy!!
- when 60 min is up, begin recirc through pump-CFC (with full flow and full flow cooling water) into keggle
- once down to about 70 to 80°, shut everything down and let things settle for about 30 minutes.
- transfer from keggle (I have a side pick up tube about 3-4 inches from center) to primary fermenter.
- oxygenate wort with Wond.
So my question is, do I stop filling the fermenter at exactly 5 gallons or should I put in additional wort to compensate for later transfer to secondary and dry hopping? I just don't know if I should do something like 5.25 gallons or not.
Here is my first plan:
- steep specialty grains in 1 gallon of water pot
- heat up half a gallon of water in a different pot to pour over/rinse specialty grains.
- begin heating up 5 gallons of water in keggle
- and all specialty grain water to Keggle
- Bring to boil
- add LME and DME
- add hops according to recipe (I will add all hops in recipe even though it's meant for a partial boil. I don't mind it being a little extra hoppy!!
- when 60 min is up, begin recirc through pump-CFC (with full flow and full flow cooling water) into keggle
- once down to about 70 to 80°, shut everything down and let things settle for about 30 minutes.
- transfer from keggle (I have a side pick up tube about 3-4 inches from center) to primary fermenter.
- oxygenate wort with Wond.
So my question is, do I stop filling the fermenter at exactly 5 gallons or should I put in additional wort to compensate for later transfer to secondary and dry hopping? I just don't know if I should do something like 5.25 gallons or not.