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Prowler_13
I do not believe that batch size accounts for losses between the kettle and the primary. I think batch size should be Target into the fermenter plus losses in transfer from the kettle. Batch size for sure will not account for losses from a large hop addition with whole hops.
I was looking for answers to batch size and I ran across this. I seem to have come up with a solution which has lead to another problem. I use 3.5 Gallon and 6 Gallon batch sizes to get 2.5 Gallon and 5 Gallon in my fermenter. I like to pull off all the clear wort and leave behind all trub and I don't mind using the extra grain to accomplish this.
This means when I go to bottle I have remember to change the batch size to get the right corn sugar amount in order to avoid bottle bombs.
I wish there was a way to put in the correct batch size for the fermenter and still have the amount in the fermenter I need as mentioned above. Any solution to this. I did try to put in the program 1 gallon loss to trub and this didn't seem to be the answer although I thought it would.