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First brew with my new setup.
I did a LME brew today (I alternate back and forth between this and all grain). Nut Brown Ale. I entered everything into a recipe in BF (it was a kit from my LHB store). There was only 1 pound of grain in a bag. Water requirements said 6.66 gallons (to end up with 5.5 gallons in fermenter) which when I started seems like a lot, but I ended up with only 4.5 gallons going into the fermenter. I calculated about .5 gallons consumed by hoses, plate chiller and pump. I am using a Blichmann 10 gallon with a boil coil. There was maybe a pint or so of liquid in the bottom of the kettle.
I had Kettle Losses set to 1 quart, nothing for misc losses, boil evaporation rate is set to 5 quarts per hour. Sure seemed like I was watching the level drop like crazy during boil.
What do you recommend I adjust on my equipment settings to maybe get closer to final target of 5.5 gallons for future batches?
I did a LME brew today (I alternate back and forth between this and all grain). Nut Brown Ale. I entered everything into a recipe in BF (it was a kit from my LHB store). There was only 1 pound of grain in a bag. Water requirements said 6.66 gallons (to end up with 5.5 gallons in fermenter) which when I started seems like a lot, but I ended up with only 4.5 gallons going into the fermenter. I calculated about .5 gallons consumed by hoses, plate chiller and pump. I am using a Blichmann 10 gallon with a boil coil. There was maybe a pint or so of liquid in the bottom of the kettle.
I had Kettle Losses set to 1 quart, nothing for misc losses, boil evaporation rate is set to 5 quarts per hour. Sure seemed like I was watching the level drop like crazy during boil.
What do you recommend I adjust on my equipment settings to maybe get closer to final target of 5.5 gallons for future batches?