I'm not sure if I posted the question in the wrong section or if it was moved, but I originally wanted to know the final volume of the Black Like Your Heart IPA v2 recipe posted in the Tried and True section.
That being said, thanks a lot for the info. I do have BeerSmith, but still have longs ways to go to understand it perfectly!
When I did my first all-grain, which was the Belgian Dubbel kit from OBK, I followed BeerSmith calculations, but ended up with about 3-4 litres less than what I had originally expected. I simply topped it off to 20L. Is that a no-no? My OG was pretty much bang on after adding water, but I was pretty confused (still am!) as to what happened.
I'm at work right now, but I can copy/paste my brew steps later. Perhaps someone can find what I did wrong from these steps?