Hey I've got one more question, I hope somebody sees this in time! I'm brewing tomrrow. Putting together the standard 'Wit' beer recipe on Beersmith. Trying to put together a 25L batch but I'm having issues.
I just went through my recipe on beersmith and I realised with this particular recipe the mash steps are:
Mash In - Add 21.29 L of water at 73.6. 60 min mash at 67.8
Fly sparge with 27.92 L of water at 75.6
In my previous brew I did a mash out.
My question is do I drain the mash tun after the hour mash, before I fly sparge? Or is fly sparging something you do at the end of the mash, whilst the wort is still in the tun??
I'm also having serious issues with my estimated and measured volumes. Beersmith is messing with me. My last AG brew only needed a total of 40.16 L of water, ending up with a boil volume of 34.84. This time however it reckons I need 50 L of water! Is this real? IT still says I'll end up with a boil volume of 37.95 L. How is that possible? Will I lose 11L when I sparge??
Man I've confused myself way too much now.
Thanks in advance, hopefully somebody can set me straight!
I just went through my recipe on beersmith and I realised with this particular recipe the mash steps are:
Mash In - Add 21.29 L of water at 73.6. 60 min mash at 67.8
Fly sparge with 27.92 L of water at 75.6
In my previous brew I did a mash out.
My question is do I drain the mash tun after the hour mash, before I fly sparge? Or is fly sparging something you do at the end of the mash, whilst the wort is still in the tun??
I'm also having serious issues with my estimated and measured volumes. Beersmith is messing with me. My last AG brew only needed a total of 40.16 L of water, ending up with a boil volume of 34.84. This time however it reckons I need 50 L of water! Is this real? IT still says I'll end up with a boil volume of 37.95 L. How is that possible? Will I lose 11L when I sparge??
Man I've confused myself way too much now.
Thanks in advance, hopefully somebody can set me straight!