guitarhead2000
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I typically do 3 gallon BIAB batches as I only have a 5g Kettle.
I set up for a 4gallon boil down to 3.5 with about 3.25 going into the fermenter after cooling, trub loss.
This gives me 3 gallons at bottling time... However i would like to scale this to 5 gallons but can still only boil about 4 gallons.
What would the equipment setup be for accomplishing this? I created a new Equipment Profile that matches above but includes adding 2Gallons top-up water to fermenter. When I scale the recipe to the new Profile it adjusts all the ingredients to match OG, IBU etc... but I am confused that the Est Post Boil Vol is 3.5 with a specific Gravity that matches the 3 gallon recipe. So then if i add my top up water, is that not diluting my gravity? Is there something i am missing or should i go about doing this a different way?
TL;DR - Want to convert 3gallon AG BIAB to 5gallons but need to do so using Top-Up water (Boil restrictions)
I set up for a 4gallon boil down to 3.5 with about 3.25 going into the fermenter after cooling, trub loss.
This gives me 3 gallons at bottling time... However i would like to scale this to 5 gallons but can still only boil about 4 gallons.
What would the equipment setup be for accomplishing this? I created a new Equipment Profile that matches above but includes adding 2Gallons top-up water to fermenter. When I scale the recipe to the new Profile it adjusts all the ingredients to match OG, IBU etc... but I am confused that the Est Post Boil Vol is 3.5 with a specific Gravity that matches the 3 gallon recipe. So then if i add my top up water, is that not diluting my gravity? Is there something i am missing or should i go about doing this a different way?
TL;DR - Want to convert 3gallon AG BIAB to 5gallons but need to do so using Top-Up water (Boil restrictions)