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Volume of water added to the kettle volume. This is usually done to make up for evaporation losses, adjust the final gravity of the wort (dilution), or to compensate for a small kettle size. Extract brewing often involves topping off a concentrated wort boil to increase the wort volume to the final volume added to the fermenter. | Volume of water added to the kettle volume. This is usually done to make up for evaporation losses, adjust the final gravity of the wort (dilution), or to compensate for a small kettle size. Extract brewing often involves topping off a concentrated wort boil to increase the wort volume to the final volume added to the fermenter. | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:13, 31 March 2008
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Volume of water added to the kettle volume. This is usually done to make up for evaporation losses, adjust the final gravity of the wort (dilution), or to compensate for a small kettle size. Extract brewing often involves topping off a concentrated wort boil to increase the wort volume to the final volume added to the fermenter.