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Question about the calculator

Post #1 made 15 years ago
by the_mc
Hi All,

New to the board and glad to be here and have found it!

I have a question about the calculator. I am brewing 23 ltr batch of BlackIPA.

My expected OG is 1.074. The grain bill is 6124grams (13.4pounds). Pot size is 45cms straight sided. 75 minute boil. The water required is as per the calculator is 41 ltrs. This seems very high. Anyone have any thoughts?

Matt
Last edited by the_mc on 09 Mar 2011, 03:01, edited 1 time in total.

Post #3 made 15 years ago
by the_mc
Yeasty wrote:Welcome MC

Post your recipe here viewtopic.php?f=5&t=286 and someone will have a look at it for you.

:thumbs:

Yeasty
Thanks I have done just that.
Last edited by the_mc on 09 Mar 2011, 03:00, edited 5 times in total.

Post #4 made 15 years ago
by stux
41L for 23L sounds about right. But that is the total water required, there are no more additions
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Post #5 made 15 years ago
by BobtheBrewer
I had much the same thought when I started. I assume the 23 litres is what you want to put into your fermenter. If so you will lose water to absorption by the grain, a big lot to evaporation, and there will be more lost to trub in your kettle which you don't want in your fermenter. You'll be surprised how much that all adds up to. Hang in there!
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