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I've been using BS for a year now to tweak an all-grain, full-boil process in the kitchen using a standard 5-gallon pot. (I do 3.6 gallon batches which suits me.) I'm now trying to really dial in the numbers.
Question: Is there any way to manually adjust the sparge water used? I always prepare six gallons, use whatever BS specifies for the initial strike temp (usually just over two gallons), and then sparge with the balance of the six gallons. After a 168F mash-out, I move the mash from a pot to a lauter tun and then recycle 100% of the "first runnings" and then keep sparging while the first runnings warm on the stove.
Depending on grist, temps, total pounds, etc., sometimes I use every drop, and sometimes I have the brew pot filled, boiling, and am ready to commence the 60-minute timer and leave some wort unused. I'd like to somehow be able to specify how much sparge water or wort I actually used.
My EE% (usually ~74%) is falsely high since I'm using more wort than BS thinks I am. I'm trying to nail this down so the pre-boil gravity, final gravity and true EE% will be more accurate. Any workarounds?
Thx.
Question: Is there any way to manually adjust the sparge water used? I always prepare six gallons, use whatever BS specifies for the initial strike temp (usually just over two gallons), and then sparge with the balance of the six gallons. After a 168F mash-out, I move the mash from a pot to a lauter tun and then recycle 100% of the "first runnings" and then keep sparging while the first runnings warm on the stove.
Depending on grist, temps, total pounds, etc., sometimes I use every drop, and sometimes I have the brew pot filled, boiling, and am ready to commence the 60-minute timer and leave some wort unused. I'd like to somehow be able to specify how much sparge water or wort I actually used.
My EE% (usually ~74%) is falsely high since I'm using more wort than BS thinks I am. I'm trying to nail this down so the pre-boil gravity, final gravity and true EE% will be more accurate. Any workarounds?
Thx.