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Old 01-22-2007, 09:31 AM
John Bleichert
 
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Re: average yield from 5 gal boil

In rec.crafts.brewing lucky4fingers <only4@wheresthefifth.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> Taking a poll on what the avg. yield is from a 5 or 5.5 gal boil - I
> usually end up with 3.5 - 4 gals at most after bottling.[/color]

It differes slightly for everyone, but I start my boils at 6.5-6.75
gallons and always end up with around 5.5 gallons in the primary,
which allows for some loss on the way to bottling.

We always end up with 50-52 bottles per batch.

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