All makes total sense. Can’t believe I didn’t see this myself Interesting about efficiency, I’m brewing on a 25 litre kit but just doing small batches as I’m short of time with a baby. Really appreciate all your help, thank you!

I was just going by the water requirements as recommended by Brewers Friend (see screenshot upload) but you're right, I can adjust these to my requirements based on these past 3 boils, that makes total sense. Thanks so much!

Ah yes, sorry. It's all grain and I only noted pre/post boil volumes in recipe 3, they are pre-boil: 14L, post-boil 10.8L. I'm aiming for 5L in the fermenter so its clearly way too much, but I've not wanted to carry on boiling it as it would mess up all my flavour/aroma hopping. I've measured...

Yes that is quite extreme isn’t it! Here’s links to the recipes: Beer 1 https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/510011/pale-ale-citra Beer 2 https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/589830/pale-ale-citra-v2-5l Beer 3...

Thanks for this! So should I disregard the pre-boil gravity and assume that my mash is not efficient? Up until now I had been thinking it was to do with the boil...

Hello wise brewers I was wondering if I could ask a question, see if anyone has any advice. I seem to be consistently missing my OG by a considerable amount, even though my pre-boil gravity is accurate based on the calculation from my recipe on Brewers Friend app. Figures for the last 3 brews...