Hello all, I am very new to all grain and even newer to beersmith. I have a few questions and I can't seem to find the answers to. I am planning on brewing a pale ale recipe I found online. I have the anvil foundry 10.5. I downloaded the add on profile for the foundry. So the recipe calls for 10.87 lbs of grains. In beersmith it says I need 7.63 gal of total water with 3.40 gal for mash and sparge with 4.22 gal.
In the instructions for the foundry it has a table with water volumes based on amount of grains and volt you are using for boil off loss. It says i should use 5.9 gallons of water and sparge with only 1 gallon bringing total to 6.9 total gallons. I am using the recirculating pump during mash.
My question is, do I change volumes from anvil instructions to beersmith recommendations and sparge with 4.22 gal? That seems like a lot to me, but I am new to all grain am just learning. I would think that mashing with only 3.40 gallons wouldn't be enough water.
Thank you in advance!
In the instructions for the foundry it has a table with water volumes based on amount of grains and volt you are using for boil off loss. It says i should use 5.9 gallons of water and sparge with only 1 gallon bringing total to 6.9 total gallons. I am using the recirculating pump during mash.
My question is, do I change volumes from anvil instructions to beersmith recommendations and sparge with 4.22 gal? That seems like a lot to me, but I am new to all grain am just learning. I would think that mashing with only 3.40 gallons wouldn't be enough water.
Thank you in advance!