I'm using BeerSmith for my brewing software, and it measure efficiency for you. I have to take a gravity reading, pre-boil, however I'm not sure when I should do it. I'm brewing 10 gallon batches, so when my wort starts out in the boil kettle, it is a bit below 10 gallons. I then add water to get to 12.75 gallons so at the end of the boil I'm back to 10 gallons after burn off. So, should I be measuring pre-boil gravity...
a) once I've transfered my wort to my boil kettle (it's below 10 gallons at this point)
b) top up to 10 gallons to represent what will be the final volume in my fermenters
c) top up to 12.75 gallons
I'm guessing the answer is b as it represents what my final volume will be, but I just don't know.
Cheers!
a) once I've transfered my wort to my boil kettle (it's below 10 gallons at this point)
b) top up to 10 gallons to represent what will be the final volume in my fermenters
c) top up to 12.75 gallons
I'm guessing the answer is b as it represents what my final volume will be, but I just don't know.
Cheers!