I have brewed a few batches now and I am starting to get the hang of it but I had a question on volume.
My typical brew is fairly standard, start with 2.5 to 3gal of water,steep specialty grains for 20-30 min at desired temp, add LME, bring to a boil, 60 minute with hop schedule. Irish Moss 15-10 minutes out. Chill in ice bath, dump into primary bucket and top up to 5gal.
My question is, should I be topping up more? I ask because when I transferred to my secondary after 3 weeks, I only had 4.25gal since I left a lot of the trub behind. Is that normal? When I do my priming calculation, should I do it based on 4.25gal then?
Second question, when transferring from the kettle to my primary, should I rack it and leave behind the sediment/hop pellets? Right now I just dump it all in.
Thanks!
Robb
My typical brew is fairly standard, start with 2.5 to 3gal of water,steep specialty grains for 20-30 min at desired temp, add LME, bring to a boil, 60 minute with hop schedule. Irish Moss 15-10 minutes out. Chill in ice bath, dump into primary bucket and top up to 5gal.
My question is, should I be topping up more? I ask because when I transferred to my secondary after 3 weeks, I only had 4.25gal since I left a lot of the trub behind. Is that normal? When I do my priming calculation, should I do it based on 4.25gal then?
Second question, when transferring from the kettle to my primary, should I rack it and leave behind the sediment/hop pellets? Right now I just dump it all in.
Thanks!
Robb