Canuckwoods wrote:
Also in reading the thread, I am leaning towards throwing in some oats any suggestion on how much? the calculator does not give an amount.
Thanks
Just throw a half pound in. Or, in your case, .4.
The calculator is nice, but it makes it awkward when you start asking for .4 or .5 lbs of malt. The calculator default that was made is for a total volume of 5 gallons, but that is not how the recipe was written. It was written for 5 gallons (ish) of water added to ingredients of 1/2 pound increments. That's easiest for everyone. Is the perfect addition .33 oats? Maybe. Simple enough to ask your brew house for 1/2 lb and move on. The difference isn't going to change the profile all that much.
I took 6 gallon brewers bucket, through the corn and adjuncts in it, and booked around 5 or 6 gallons on the stove. Then, I poured the water in until I got to the level I was comfortable with for headroom and estimated madly volume. It was about 5 gallons -ish. But it could have been 5.5 or 4.5.
As novice, I would just order the recipe as it is, out it in your bucket, and put as much water as you can comfortably fit in the bucket. If that bucket is 5 gallons, then it will mean a little less water, and a little higher sg for you. That would probably help compensate for any mash inefficiencies, anyways, that may occur as a first timer.
Like I said, just throw in a half pound, call it a day.