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It doesn't matter what other people get. Everyone's equipment is different, and everyones environment (climate, humidity) is different. In 90minutes I boil off between 1.25 to 1.5 gallons. Equipment variances are just to great person to person, especially when it comes to the boil right. What one guy calls a rolling boil could be someone else's idea of a ...

I've been brewing all grain for six years and I'm finally getting the right volume into the keg at the end of the brew. You can get close with calculations. Mash The grain absorbs about one pint per pound. Divide the weight of your grain by eight to get the number of gallons it will absorb. You won't lose any water during sparging because the grain has ...

Though your beer is stronger than it would have been.. :) Here's a pretty good calculator for figuring out how much water to start with, which is a huge plus: http://www.brew365.com/mash_sparge_water_calculator.php Do you know how fast you boil off water? Aka what your evaporation rate is? If so, you can do some fun math and figure it out. Start with ...

I brew a sweet potato beer and I assume 1qt/lb of sweet potato. I also adjust the thickness by eye after that. The water to grist/veg ratio isn't really all that critical. Nor is it all that different if you have to adjust the water a little up pr down by 10-15%. The key is to have enough water in there that it doesn't become a gooped up mess. The mash ...