How much water to use?

[paulgough]

Hi!

Being fairly new to all grain brewing I have a few questions.

Here is the first.

When brewing to a recipe, how can you calculate how much water to mash with and sparge with to end up with wort of the original gravity as specified in the recipe?

 

[TRXnMe]

Hi!

Being fairly new to all grain brewing I have a few questions.

Here is the first.

When brewing to a recipe, how can you calculate how much water to mash with and sparge with to end up with wort of the original gravity as specified in the recipe?

I use beersmith, it tells me how much to use for each stage, it even allows for the dead space in my HLT, mash tun and boiler :)

Free download for a trial period, not horribly expensive once the trial period is up.

 

[PD]

Brewmate is free and lightweight.

but gives you all quantities you need for any brew.

http://www.brewmate.net/

 

[Loetz]

I also use beersmith. It is really worth the money for recipe formulation.

 

[graysalchemy]

I use beer engine :thumb:

Easy to use :thumb:

 

[joe1002]

Also have a read of this: http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=493