No worries. and Craig had the best advice yet! Not stressed at all and I have figured a work-around that works for me so all is good.

I am so lost and just don't understand what I am not getting so sorry, sorry, sorry. The only volume I think I need to know to get to the kettle is my mash thickness and amount of lauter losses. From pre-boil on, I agree and understand (I think). Once I transfer liquor to my mash/Lauter tun...

Grain absorption is a thing I totally agree but our end goal is to get as much sugar out of the grain as we can and into our kettle, no matter the system used. With the system I am using, when I reach pre-boil volume in my kettle, I still have excess water in my HLT and I still have my grain...

No, I am just terrible at explaining things! The reason I don't have to worry about grain absorption is because I simply heat extra water, beyond my water requirements, in my HLT. After the mash and when it is time to sparge, I pump the sweet wort, from below my grain bed, into the kettle. At...

Thanks Craig, I don't mind at all, in fact I appreciate it very much. Over the winter, I needed a project so I built an electric HERMs system based on the design from the Electric Brewery. From my very limited knowledge (although I have read a ton of stuff) and please feel free to correct me...

Yes, the breakdown and total water are correct, but the program isn't calculating it correctly (at least in my mind). For example, set the Mash/lauder tun in the equipment to 1 gal losses. If I pull a recipe that uses 8lb grain at 1.5 qt/lb mash thickness I should need 4 gallons of strike...

Perfect, thanks for the advice Mark

Thanks so much for the replies. I am not trying to mimic a specific area water, what I am using for a base is the Brewersfriend "mash chemistry and brewing water calculator" and selected Balanced profile II to give me a baseline. I do know I have to harden up the water for an IIPA as all of...

So first off sorry I am new to all this, not real bright to begin with and as I get older even more escapes my already limited brain. So I guess my first question is fairly basic. To determine the amount of strike water I take the grain bill x mash thickness /4 to give me quarts then add in...

No, I am getting them from "Brew Steps" Strike water volume is XX Gal at default mash thickness.

I am still trying to get a grasp on salt additions to my RO water and this is only my fourth batch of all grain. I have been playing with suggested additions from the brewersfriend Balanced II water profile for an IIPA I would like to brew. The profile is suggesting 220ppm of HCO3 yet my...

I am still pretty green so maybe I am wrong on how the equipment calculations are supposed to work (or what I am actually doing). I set up my equipment profile, and for "Lauter dead space" I have input 4.4qt to account for loss below my false bottom, herms coil and hoses. I select any recipe...

I set up my equipment info but the calculations brewersfriend is using does not account for them. For instance I have 1 gallon below my false bottom, herms coil and hoses. I have 4qts set in my equipment "lauder dead space" using 10lbs grain at 1.6qt/lb it's telling me I need 4 gal strike...