Equipment Profile Water Losses

[BrainYYC]

Just curious about two settings in the equipment profile set up. Recently got a new kettle with a trub dam on the pick up tube. Looks like it will be an awesome design, but it leaves about 500-750ml behind in the kettle when transferring. I have included this in “Kettle Losses”

I also have .005L/ gram for hop absorption also in the calculator which I assume only applies to kettle hop additions as the calculator seems to target fermentor volume.

A recent recipe I entered (a scaled version of Wayners Pale Ale community brew) shows 0.8L of water lost to hop absorption and another 0.75L for kettle losses.

Just looking for some help/clarification that I’m not doubling these losses up.

Thanks!

 

[Pricelessbrewing]

Yup, you should be set up correctly. Feel free to tweak the numbers as you go and get more precise data!

 

[Donoroto]

In my Wayner's batch, I was caught a bit off guard at how much water a half pound of hops sucks in. It all worked out Ok though.

 

[Nosybear]

In my Wayner's batch, I was caught a bit off guard at how much water a half pound of hops sucks in. It all worked out Ok though.

It's somewhere in the neighborhood of 0.1 qt/oz.

 

[Donoroto]

It's somewhere in the neighborhood of 0.1 qt/oz.

Yes, what caught me off guard was the 12+ ounces in the whirlpool, losing me about a quart and a half. Logically it should be anticipated, but I was still surprised.