I'm new to beer smith and have been able to figure everything out except the equipment part.
I brew in 5 gallon batches. I typically use 2 gallons of water in a 20 quart pot to make my wort. After the wart is chilled I add 3 gallons of water to my fermentation bucked to get to 5 gallons total.
When I put these figures into the equipment tab, it says the total water needed is somewere around 6.6 gallons. Even with evaporation and fermentation loss figured in, that isn't right. I've been playing with this for over a day and cant make sense of it. I've never used more than 5 gallons of water for a batch. I'm also very confused by the difference between est pre boil volume and measured pre boil volume. Whats the difference? Can anyone help me?
I brew in 5 gallon batches. I typically use 2 gallons of water in a 20 quart pot to make my wort. After the wart is chilled I add 3 gallons of water to my fermentation bucked to get to 5 gallons total.
When I put these figures into the equipment tab, it says the total water needed is somewere around 6.6 gallons. Even with evaporation and fermentation loss figured in, that isn't right. I've been playing with this for over a day and cant make sense of it. I've never used more than 5 gallons of water for a batch. I'm also very confused by the difference between est pre boil volume and measured pre boil volume. Whats the difference? Can anyone help me?