Interesting, so okay that is good to know! I just tried out my robobrew and had some issues with the straining, long story short it made the mash process and getting the strained wort into the kettle and back into the robobrew a hassle. Also, after boil I chilled pretty quickly to 70 F (like 15-20 minutes) when I used the ball valve on the brew machine to transfer into the fermented I had to tilt to get the last of the liquid. This liquid was super dark so I stopped. The whole beer ended up being way darker than I expected... I used 7 pounds of German Pilsner and 1.5 lbs of 10 L crystal. Any idea what could have caused this?
One more question. My specific gravity after pouring into my fermenter was 1.056 but I had to add water from 3.25 gallons to 4 gallons. How do I calculate my new gravity?