Hi I feel really stupid asking this but I need some advise on how to setup my equipment profile etc.
I have been making 5L BIAB batches which have all turned out well. The problem is I want more beer! I like to try lots of different beers so I only really want to make 10-15L batches so I don't get board of the same beer.
I currently use an 11L pot on the stove and understand I can make a high gravity wort and dilute this back to achieve a larger batch. My first attempt at this was disappointing. I simply doubled all the ingredients I used for a 5L batch, used the same mash volumes and then diluted the chilled wort to 10L into the fermentor. The resultant beer tasted literally like it had been diluted down, no body and lacked taste but both my OG and FG were spot on (after the dilution).
Since this I have tried to use the BeerSmith scale tool to calculate all my ingredients and to my surprise its calculations turn out less then the quantities I previously added. This doesn't make sense to me as I would expect, given the lack of taste in my last batch, to need to add more quantities.
Can anyone give me some advice on how to best scale up my batch without having to buy more equipment?
Thanks!
I have been making 5L BIAB batches which have all turned out well. The problem is I want more beer! I like to try lots of different beers so I only really want to make 10-15L batches so I don't get board of the same beer.
I currently use an 11L pot on the stove and understand I can make a high gravity wort and dilute this back to achieve a larger batch. My first attempt at this was disappointing. I simply doubled all the ingredients I used for a 5L batch, used the same mash volumes and then diluted the chilled wort to 10L into the fermentor. The resultant beer tasted literally like it had been diluted down, no body and lacked taste but both my OG and FG were spot on (after the dilution).
Since this I have tried to use the BeerSmith scale tool to calculate all my ingredients and to my surprise its calculations turn out less then the quantities I previously added. This doesn't make sense to me as I would expect, given the lack of taste in my last batch, to need to add more quantities.
Can anyone give me some advice on how to best scale up my batch without having to buy more equipment?
Thanks!