re: Homebrewing: Brewing in process thread (with pics)

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In your cases though, had you ended up with 5 gallons of wort your OG would have been significantly lower than you wanted, meaning that you didn't pull off enough sugars from your mash. the fact that you didn't have enough sugars in your wort has nothing to do with the boiling and transferring to the carboy/bucket. It all has to do with your mashing/sparging technique.

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Again though, i don't think i can say that definitively without brewing again with that adjustment.

Also, how much wort do yall collect pre-boil? I collected 6.5 gallons the last couple boils, and it is where i come up short.