BB Porter clone 1 gallon

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  1. mjdailey87

    mjdailey87 Initiate (0) Nov 28, 2016 Pennsylvania

    I have all the required grains from a recipe I found to make a one gallon Black Butte Porter clone. Im very new to Brewing and so I'm only doing 1 gallon batches. I made one porter before and I didn't realize my boil off was so high bc of surface area of the pot I used and probably because I boiled too hard. So now I'm trying again. If my desired level is 1 gallon how much water do I want in the mash, and the sparge amount? Maybe this should have been included in the recipe I found? But it wasn't...

    Also, I'm unsure of my boil off rate but I've went to a smaller pot now...
     
    #1 mjdailey87, Dec 19, 2016
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    mjdailey87 Initiate (0) Nov 28, 2016 Pennsylvania

    I should add, my first brew required 2 quarts for mash and 4 for sparge. I guess my real question is, this bb porter requires 90 mins of boil so I'm going to have more boil off... what is a typical amount on the sparge and boil off for a typical batch and I'll just convert it for my 1 gallon. Thanks in advance.
     
    #2 mjdailey87, Dec 19, 2016
  3. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    I'm no expert here (and I've never heard this suggested in this forum before so maybe the experts will blow this idea into the atmosphere along with your boil-off water), but because you don't know your boil-off rate, and because you stand to lose a serious amount of liquid to boil-off as a percentage of your batch size you do need to maintain a reasonable level of wort.

    So how about if you start with a conservative estimate of water to get started and then add a pint of hot water as needed during the boil. Adding hot water shouldn't kill your boil, so it shouldn't interrupt the process. You'd want to have an idea where your gallon mark is on the inside wall of your kettle so that you don't end up adding too much water, but this procedure should allow you to end up with the gallon that you need.
     
    #3 PapaGoose03, Dec 20, 2016
  4. mjdailey87

    mjdailey87 Initiate (0) Nov 28, 2016 Pennsylvania


    I'd thought about that but wasn't sure if it was good practice. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!! I was going to try to start with about 1.75 gallons initially. That honestly at a gentle boil should get me where I need to be after 90 mins.
     
    #4 mjdailey87, Dec 20, 2016
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