Trub/Hop Loss

[Seveneer]

God knows how I'm gonna do it with my ss jobbies

Vossy, I have a 75l boiler which is 75cm high. I use a tape measure to take a rough measurement of how much wort I have in there, 1cm equals approximately 1 litre.

That's a little ideal, the reality is that the boiler holds a bit more than 75l. So, for a more accurate measurement, I have a spreadsheet that shows the volume of wort in the boiler for a given depth. Again, the tape measure is used

Of course, I have a straight sided boiler.

/Phil.

[vaudy]

The tape measure and spread sheet is the set up I also use to suss out how much to top up the boiler nearing the end of the boil to ensure that I end up with the correct volume.

Next brew I am going to rinse the hops with boiling water to try and improve my extraction I have not bothered before, but other posts have stated that this is often done without any detriment to clarity.

vaudy

[Vossy1]

Vossy, I have a 75l boiler which is 75cm high. I use a tape measure to take a rough measurement of how much wort I have in there, 1cm equals approximately 1 litre.

Interesting yet cunningly simple....I like it

Where can I get a shiny tape measure from

[PieOPah]

Instead of rinsing the grains directly i'll sometimes add more water while the boiler is still draining, this way you get the extra volume of water rinsing through the grains but without disturbing the trub.

I'll happilly substitute 'grains' for 'hops'. The idea is yet again simple and ingenious DaaB. Now that you have metioned it it is so apparently obvious.

I think I need to make myself a check list so I can add all the great ideas to it so I can always refer back to it.