coyotedale
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I’m sure this has been asked before, so please indulge me if you will. I’ve been extract brewing for the past 5 years now, and at the beginning of this year I started researching and assembling an all grain system. The system will continue to be a work in progress, evolving into an electric system, but for now, I’ll be using a pair of propane burners for the HLT and boil kettle.
I just installed my software and watched the equipment profile tutorial. This is where I have a few questions, as I’ve not yet brewed my first batch yet with my system. Wort loss and Brewhouse efficiency are two areas I have no data on, as I’ve not made a batch yet to establish a baseline. What I’ve done in the last week is run a hot/wet test just to see how well the HLT comes up to temp with a given volume, and also checked to see how well/long it takes to bring the boil kettle up to a decent boil. I also ran a boil for 60 min to see how much boil off I will get, and how much will be left after it cools. I can put in an educated guess with the values on the boil kettle, but when it comes to the actual brewhouse efficiency, should I just pick a number, or is there a recommended starting point I should use? For the HLT and BK I am using 25 gal stainless units, and want to start by making a batch with a final volume of 10 gal to bottle/keg. I’m also intending to fill two carboys each with 5.5 gal to allow some left behind so as to have a fairly clean brew going into the kegs.
A second question is regarding the mash tun weight. Currently I’m going to use a Rubbermaid 10 gallon cooler, so is there a known value for this that I should use?
I just installed my software and watched the equipment profile tutorial. This is where I have a few questions, as I’ve not yet brewed my first batch yet with my system. Wort loss and Brewhouse efficiency are two areas I have no data on, as I’ve not made a batch yet to establish a baseline. What I’ve done in the last week is run a hot/wet test just to see how well the HLT comes up to temp with a given volume, and also checked to see how well/long it takes to bring the boil kettle up to a decent boil. I also ran a boil for 60 min to see how much boil off I will get, and how much will be left after it cools. I can put in an educated guess with the values on the boil kettle, but when it comes to the actual brewhouse efficiency, should I just pick a number, or is there a recommended starting point I should use? For the HLT and BK I am using 25 gal stainless units, and want to start by making a batch with a final volume of 10 gal to bottle/keg. I’m also intending to fill two carboys each with 5.5 gal to allow some left behind so as to have a fairly clean brew going into the kegs.
A second question is regarding the mash tun weight. Currently I’m going to use a Rubbermaid 10 gallon cooler, so is there a known value for this that I should use?