All grain kit cml

[Rodcx500z]

Today my Irish red ag kit arrived, it has instructions but i put it in brew father with the brewzilla profile, the kit states 5.36abv brew father says 4.9abv and the water quantitys are different so my question is, do i follow the recipe or go with the brewzillza profile in brew father, the recipe asks for 15.9L mash and 19.2L sparge brewzilla is asking for 20.58L mash and 7.99L sparge, boil is recipe 27.4L brewfather 25.92L, this for 21L in the fv, which one would you go with answers on a post card please

 

[Michael Burnley]

Is the recipe brewhouse efficiency different to the efficiency you get on your set up ?

 

[Rodcx500z]

Yes recipe 72% brewfather 78.6%

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

Today my Irish red ag kit arrived, it has instructions but i put it in brew father with the brewzilla profile, the kit states 5.36abv brew father says 4.9abv and the water quantitys are different so my question is, do i follow the recipe or go with the brewzillza profile in brew father, the recipe asks for 15.9L mash and 19.2L sparge brewzilla is asking for 20.58L mash and 7.99L sparge, boil is recipe 27.4L brewfather 25.92L, this for 21L in the fv, which one would you go with answers on a post card please

Go with the Brewzilla profile in Brewfather. There’s a lot of dead space under the BZ malt pipe. If you only use 15.9l mash water with 4.7kg grain in it a fair bit of it would be sitting above the water level.

 

[Rodcx500z]

Cheers Benfleet that was my initial thought, i feel a little more at ease now, doing it Wednesday will post how i get on

 

[The Baron]

Deffo go with the Brewzilla mash as it would be like porridge with 15.9l of mash water. I always mash with 19l as standard so it is more fluid

 

[Rodcx500z]

Cheers Baron even at 17 it is quite thick

 

[London]

I mash with with 20l in the brewzilla.

 

[chillipickle]

Same 20ltr mash, 21ltr with flaked oats/wheat.

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

I use Brewers Friend and follow the calculations on that. Just checking through some of my notes and can see my NEIPA with 5kg total grist was mashed in 20.7L

 

[Rodcx500z]

Cheers everyone i will follow brewfather