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Offline Ian Grant

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Water
« on: April 16, 2011, 08:52:13 AM »
The water in these recipes is measured in US gallons correct??

Offline Shawn

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Re: Water
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2011, 11:02:02 AM »
They are for my recipes... but I think some people use Imperial gallons.

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Re: Water
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2011, 11:18:16 AM »
I've started converting to metric because its confusing a bit.

Kegs are imperial, most of the grains/water are US....makes for easy mixup.
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Re: Water
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2011, 12:15:25 PM »
Ya the can kits I made I used 5 imp. Gallons and I did my first all grain the other day and figured the recipes use US gallons.  I'll have to adjust it next time cause I still bottle(bulk prime) I'll have to guess on the sugar or put it in each bottle. Yay.

Offline Dave Savoie

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Re: Water
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2011, 01:58:44 PM »
Ohhhh you should be using a bottleing bucket not putting sugar in each individual bottle much much easier and less tedious
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Re: Water
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2011, 02:59:17 PM »
Quote from: "Gil Breau"
Kegs are imperial, most of the grains/water are US....makes for easy mixup.


The kegs we all have (i.e. the common cornelius ones -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_keg) are 5 US gallons, not imperial gallons.

The common carboys are 23L: basically 6 US Gallons, or 5 Imperial Gallons.
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Re: Water
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2011, 05:10:22 PM »
Yay me getting it backwards ><
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Re: Water
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2011, 05:25:09 PM »
When I started brewing I didn't even realise there were two different kinds of gallons :P
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Re: Water
« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2011, 06:27:14 PM »
I learnt fast when I found out 5 gallons in a carboy doesn't fit into a keg :P
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