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If you do that without the bag and just dump the whole lot in the fermenter, then you have the most common on-grain method here.

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If you do full volume BIAB then you work out your total water volume (strike + sparge) and dump all of that in with your grains and then lauter to get your wort. This takes you to your pre-boil volume which you then boil for a given time to concentrate the wort and cook the hops. In general you mash in at a certain thickness (qt/lb, kg/l, bushels/cubic fathom?) and then when your mash is done, you sparge to rinse out the sugars that are still locked in the grains. When making beer, your strike water volume is rarely your total volume. Strike water is what you use to mash in (or to raise the temp in a step mash). Am I thinking about this correctly? Thanks. So with the sparge you are rinsing the grains, but also watering it down a bit. Meaning that if I were to measure the SG of just the strike water after steeping, and before sparge water is added, it would actually be much higher than final. So I am thinking that the programs like BeerSmith and Brewers Friend are calculating the final ABV on the TOTAL volume (after sparge water).

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I think some allow better or worse conversion, and feel free to let me know what you think is the best), and the strike water volume is much less then the total volume at the end. Looks like you can use whatever qt/lb you like (within reason. From what I am seeing in the strike and sparge water calculator, this is not true. I had thought that your strike water was essentially your batch size in the kettle, and when you remove the bag and squeeze (I am using BIAB), you just sparge back to what your total volume should be. From what I understand, I can either add sugar, or add more grain.

I am looking to push it up a bit, only got 5.5% ABV last time.

#Beersmith 3 way too much sparge water software#

So I have been using BeerSmith and Brewers friend software to figure out what my expected ABV should be. And it appears I might have misunderstood a few things on my first attempt, and wanted to ask if I am thinking about this in the correct way now. So I need to scale up my previous recipe, and make a few other changes. I needed something a bit bigger, and their 15 gallon kettle/fermentor is a beast. I started with a 10 Gallon Anvil kettle/fermentor, and it is just not enough. It was a great experience, and I am looking to do another. I also understand I may be trying to use these functions incorrectly so any input would be much appreciated.I have now done one AG mash. I believe that this may boil down to a process thing and I understand that everyone has their own way of brewing and that there is no right or wrong way.

I know I can add lactic acid to the recipe but I would like to say I am only adding it to the sparge water, and then have the brew steps call for that process at the appropriate time. 'I batch Sparge' How can I add this step to the recipe formula so it will show in the brew steps. I then want to heat the remainder of the treated sparge water and add some lactic acid to lower the PH for the sparging process. Second question is, in my process I treat the entire water in the HLT with salts, lets say 10 gallons for a 5 gallon batch.

#Beersmith 3 way too much sparge water how to#

My first question is what changes them as they both read zero and I can't figure out how to use them to my advantage. The two fields in question are ' Mash Acid Amount' and ' Sparge Acid' These fields are grayed out and I assume are calculations made by BS since I can not edit them. I do get a water report from Ward Labs every year and it stays pretty consistent with only very minor changes.Īll that being said, I have tried to add a couple of fields to my main screen to help me monitor what is going on with my water. It is really the last item left for me to control in my brewing process after 'mash temp' and 'fermentation temp', and I might add one of the hardest to get a handle on. I've been brewing and using BS for many years and have been interested in 'water' for the last 4.