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Hi Hashie, thanks for the swift reply, so I should use my efficiency post boil while Im mucking around with recipes on the software then? i.e. Size =29 L ,at 1.060 in the above case. I will start another topic on trub,but what is a cube? Don't think people use them over here,I drain into my fermente...

G'day Hashie, with 5.5 kg in my last brew I lost 4L to grain absorbtion, but only about 2L during the boil. my urn only has a 2000w element so I think my boil might not be vigorous enough for me to loose the amount predicted in the spreadsheets for a 60 min. boil. I'm looking, (as any red blooded ma...

Thanks Wiz, I'm Gona tweak the grain and starting volumes a bit as I only collected 21 L into fermenter and I have a 40 l urn.
Think I'll try 33-34 L start volume and 6 Kg grain bill, aiming for 27L end of boil vol. and 23 L into fermenter @ 1.055 O.G.

Cheers,
Scottie

Hi Folks, did the first brew tonight ! No problems. think I got pretty good efficiency..... , my OG came out at 1.050, assuming thats accurate, with 5.5 kg of grain and volume after boil of 25 liters I jiggled the efficiency figure on the Q-brew freeware I downloaded and the numbers matched up at ab...

Thanks joshua, Hippy and Wiz, that was very helpful! My first brew is a pale ale with 11% crystal malt (medium) so hopefully I'll be ok on the pH front then. I don't know about the hardness of my water but might consider getting a test done on it, I am using spring water that constantly pours out of...

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