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llama34
Hi there...been reading through some older posts about this. Would like to confirm that what I'm reading is correct...
I've been routinely getting gravities an average of 10pts lower than my planned recipes. This happens no matter how low I set my brewhouse efficiency while formulating recipes. I batch sparge 5 gal batches in a 10 gal mash tun and boil in a 9 gal kettle. Generally there is about .75 - 1gal left over in my kettle after I run off 5 gal into my fermenter. So technically my batch sizes could be considered "6gal" not 5gal. I've always set my batch size at 5gal and updated my equipment profile to try and account for the leftover wort in the kettle by setting "loss to boil trub and chiller" to 1gal.
From what I've read, it looks like using that setting has NO effect on recipe formulation and final brewhouse efficiency. Am I right in my assumption? So if I'm trying to accurately formulate recipes to hit a certain OG, I should set my batches to 6 gal, but adjust my equipment settings to end at 5 gal into fermenter right?
Thanks
I've been routinely getting gravities an average of 10pts lower than my planned recipes. This happens no matter how low I set my brewhouse efficiency while formulating recipes. I batch sparge 5 gal batches in a 10 gal mash tun and boil in a 9 gal kettle. Generally there is about .75 - 1gal left over in my kettle after I run off 5 gal into my fermenter. So technically my batch sizes could be considered "6gal" not 5gal. I've always set my batch size at 5gal and updated my equipment profile to try and account for the leftover wort in the kettle by setting "loss to boil trub and chiller" to 1gal.
From what I've read, it looks like using that setting has NO effect on recipe formulation and final brewhouse efficiency. Am I right in my assumption? So if I'm trying to accurately formulate recipes to hit a certain OG, I should set my batches to 6 gal, but adjust my equipment settings to end at 5 gal into fermenter right?
Thanks