Richard2020
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Hello,
First post ever on here, and I've just started home brewing. I just wanted to ask a very simple question- I've made 4 kits now- the Woodfordes' Wherry, Young's American Amber, Festival Belgian Dubbel and a Continental Pilsner (still fermenting).
In pretty much all of them, it says chuck the contents of the two tins into the FV and then add 3 litres or so of boiling water, then stir to dissolve, then top up to 23 litres.
Does this mean I should have added a TOTAL of 23 litres of water- 3 boiling and 20 cold? Or somewhat less?
I didn't calibrate my first FV and then decided to buy another one with graduations on it.... seems I may be adding too much cold water and over-shooting the 23 litre mark! I thought the malt would not displace any water, but it seems it does so when I add 20 litres of cold, it's too much. I assume this just "waters down" the brew a bit, which may be why my ABV readings are a wee bit low.
Can anyone shed any light?
Cheers,
Richard
First post ever on here, and I've just started home brewing. I just wanted to ask a very simple question- I've made 4 kits now- the Woodfordes' Wherry, Young's American Amber, Festival Belgian Dubbel and a Continental Pilsner (still fermenting).
In pretty much all of them, it says chuck the contents of the two tins into the FV and then add 3 litres or so of boiling water, then stir to dissolve, then top up to 23 litres.
Does this mean I should have added a TOTAL of 23 litres of water- 3 boiling and 20 cold? Or somewhat less?
I didn't calibrate my first FV and then decided to buy another one with graduations on it.... seems I may be adding too much cold water and over-shooting the 23 litre mark! I thought the malt would not displace any water, but it seems it does so when I add 20 litres of cold, it's too much. I assume this just "waters down" the brew a bit, which may be why my ABV readings are a wee bit low.
Can anyone shed any light?
Cheers,
Richard