I reckon I might need to recheck all my containers. But I'm think they're all good. I did initially measure them all out, not relying on the stamped marks on the plastic. Next brew will tell. With the no chill side of things I've thought about siphoning off to transfer into the F.V, so...

Yep, I do the whirl flock at 10 and whirlpool it. There's always a decent cone of trub, and what I leave behind is usually at about halfway down the tap outlet level. I've been oxygenating my wort with an oxy bottle and stone.

The recipe is my Pale Nelson #2, which I think is marked as public for anyone interested. Trying to refine my #1 which was a very nice drop. Volume was good, filled the cube spot on. My original input of water was 36L, which I bumped up to from my first first few brews because I wasn't...

Sweet as. So my O.G. was 10 points over what was predicted. I must be doing something right, or something dodgy :). Thanks for the help guys.

Of course, the water loss during the boil. So which reading (pre or post boil) is the software using for my expected O.G reading when I formulate a recipe?

I've been using the software and entering info which on my latest brew yesterday punched out an expected O.G of 1.050. During the brew I took samples pre-boil and post boil, cooled both overnight to pitching temp in the F.V fridge and measured today. Same temp, same hydrometer. Pre-boil came in...

Maris Otter is my go to. But due to limited supply opportunity where I live I also use Golden Promise, and whatever else I can get.