TycoRossBrewing
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So I seem to be very confused about grain ratios and water absorption and seeing as i dont want to stress too much while actually brewing my first batch I thought I would push around some questions now.
Lets just say I am brewing a five gallon batch of Pale Ale with 11.5 pound grain bill. The recipe indicates the boil should be at 6.5 gallons.
I am using the brewers friend calculator to calculate the rest cycle. I was shooting for one hour rest at 158 and a thirty minute rest at 170.
To reach 158 they say to add 14.38 quartz of water heated at 172.9 degrees. Then to ramp up to 170 I need to add 4.8 quartz of boiling water. Now the question is, this doesnt equalt 6.5 gallons, in fact with grain absorption this is Fairly drastic. Am i suppose to sparge the rest to reach the boil batch and how much should I expect the grain to absorb? Some people say the grain absorbs up to .2 gallons of water per pound of grain. If im only using 1.25 quartz per pound and a quart is .25 of a gallon it seems like most of the water stays in the grain. Could really use some input. Thanks
Lets just say I am brewing a five gallon batch of Pale Ale with 11.5 pound grain bill. The recipe indicates the boil should be at 6.5 gallons.
I am using the brewers friend calculator to calculate the rest cycle. I was shooting for one hour rest at 158 and a thirty minute rest at 170.
To reach 158 they say to add 14.38 quartz of water heated at 172.9 degrees. Then to ramp up to 170 I need to add 4.8 quartz of boiling water. Now the question is, this doesnt equalt 6.5 gallons, in fact with grain absorption this is Fairly drastic. Am i suppose to sparge the rest to reach the boil batch and how much should I expect the grain to absorb? Some people say the grain absorbs up to .2 gallons of water per pound of grain. If im only using 1.25 quartz per pound and a quart is .25 of a gallon it seems like most of the water stays in the grain. Could really use some input. Thanks