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hey all,

so i am planning on brewing Janet's Brown. found recipes online, and a friend kicked me the one from Classic Styles. the numbers i have from online are below. it says it is for a 6.75 gallon batch. but the Classic Styles recipe i got from my friend is for a 5 gallon, and the numbers are nearly identical. which is what?, i'd like to do a 5 gal batch.

12 lbs.
American 2-row info
1.25 lbs.
Belgian Cara-Pils info
1.25 lbs.
Crystal Malt 40°L info
1 lbs.
White Wheat Malt info
.5 lbs.
American Chocolate Malt info
.3 lbs.
Weyermann Carafa III® info
1.25 oz.
Northern Brewer (Pellets, 8.00 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
1 oz.
Northern Brewer (Pellets, 8.00 %AA) boiled 15 min. info
1.5 oz.
Cascade (Pellets, 4 %AA) boiled 10 min. info
1.5 oz.
Cascade (Whole, 6.5 %AA) boiled .01 min. info
2 oz.
Centennial (Pellets, 10.4 %AA) used as dry hop. info
1 ounces
Northern Brewer pellets added to the mash. (not included in calculations)
1 teaspoons
Whirlfloc tablet boiled for 15 minutes. (not included in calculations)
Yeast :
White Labs WLP001 California Ale info

The book convention is for 6 gallons post boil (it's amazing what you can find out if you read the entire book ). Scale the recipe from there to match the losses you have on your equipment.

thanks, was going to pick that book up when i bought the ingredients. thanks.

Good, because if you don't own the book, the beer doesn't come out right.

Tasty

thanks tasty!

so the recipes are built for 6 gallon batches, with the idea that loss will occur in brewing and transferring etc. so then you end up with 5 gallons of brew?

benfoot wrote:so the recipes are built for 6 gallon batches, with the idea that loss will occur in brewing and transferring etc. so then you end up with 5 gallons of brew?

Right, I think it accounts for 1/2 gallon lost in the kettle and another 1/2 gallon left in the fermenter (trub, etc.), to end up with a final volume of 5.

And as an added bonus, you don't feel like you are straining to get the last drop of beer out of the fermenter and into a keg. At least, it puts my mind at ease.

It's a good idea to test your equipment and get a precise idea of your losses at each stage. for example, i know i leave behind 3.3 quarts in the kettle and i think 2.25 quarts in the mash tun.