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[Deerslyr]

Was just brewing tonight and decided to figure out roughly how much dead space I have between the brew kettle and the fermenter. Looks to be about 1 Quart. I don't know really how much is left in the kettle, but frankly, it's full of hops and break material... can't get it all right? My measuring stick, just after the boil, read around 6.25 gallons. With 1 Quart in the lines, it looks like I get another 2 Quarts in the kettle, for a total of 3. I still got about 5.5 gallons in the fermenter... oh, and I hit my gravity at exactly 1.051, which is what BeerSmith said I should be at.

[cavman]

Was just brewing tonight and decided to figure out roughly how much dead space I have between the brew kettle and the fermenter. Looks to be about 1 Quart. I don't know really how much is left in the kettle, but frankly, it's full of hops and break material... can't get it all right? My measuring stick, just after the boil, read around 6.25 gallons. With 1 Quart in the lines, it looks like I get another 2 Quarts in the kettle, for a total of 3. I still got about 5.5 gallons in the fermenter... oh, and I hit my gravity at exactly 1.051, which is what BeerSmith said I should be at.

That is almost exact to me in 5 gallon batches.

[siouxbrewer]

After moving to the 25 gal boil kettle, I bet I lose a gallon in hops absorption alone.

[MtnBrewer]

Depends on where in the system you're talking about. I lose about a half gallon in the kettle but less than that, maybe a quart or so, in the mash tun.

[jammer]

Between the mash tun and the kettle.... probably 1-2 qts.