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Beer Recipes and Food => All Grain => Topic started by: Ian Grant on April 16, 2011, 08:52:13 AM

Title: Water
Post by: Ian Grant on April 16, 2011, 08:52:13 AM

The water in these recipes is measured in US gallons correct??

Title: Re: Water
Post by: Shawn 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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Post by: Gil Breau 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.

Title: Re: Water
Post by: Ian Grant 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.

Title: Re: Water
Post by: Dave Savoie 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

Title: Re: Water
Post by: Richard 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 (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.

Title: Re: Water
Post by: Gil Breau on April 16, 2011, 05:10:22 PM

Yay me getting it backwards ><

Title: Re: Water
Post by: Richard 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

Title: Re: Water
Post by: Gil Breau 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