dierythmus
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On Friday, I will be brewing my first all-grain beer. Im super excited, as I have about 3 years worth of extract experience under my belt. I recently built my own Rubbermaid 10 gallon mash tun, and Im borrowing a friends 10 gallon kettle. I have all of the equipment I need, but I have some recipe/process questions.
Im going to be brewing the Zombie Dust clone located here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/3-floyds-zombie-dust-attempt-help-info-requested-245456/
Ive brewed the extract version a couple times and it always turns out great. My question is related to sparging. Im a little confused about how much pre-boil wort I need to collect. I always thought that a general rule of thumb is that a 60 minute boil will burn about 1.5 gallons. If this recipe is a 6-gallon batch, should I shoot for 7.5 gallons of wort before the boil?
According to the calculators Im using (I tinkered with BeerSmith too, but Im no expert), Im aiming for a little over 5.6 gallons of sparge water. Is this accurate? Any help is appreciated!
Im going to be brewing the Zombie Dust clone located here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/3-floyds-zombie-dust-attempt-help-info-requested-245456/
Ive brewed the extract version a couple times and it always turns out great. My question is related to sparging. Im a little confused about how much pre-boil wort I need to collect. I always thought that a general rule of thumb is that a 60 minute boil will burn about 1.5 gallons. If this recipe is a 6-gallon batch, should I shoot for 7.5 gallons of wort before the boil?
According to the calculators Im using (I tinkered with BeerSmith too, but Im no expert), Im aiming for a little over 5.6 gallons of sparge water. Is this accurate? Any help is appreciated!