Yield from 5 gallons

[noby]

When brewing 5gallons, what kind of volume do people end up with?

I brewed a 5G batch (40 pints) and when I bottled lastnight, after racking (secondary & priming) and tasting along the way, I got 31 pint bottles.

Is this normal, or what kind of an average yield should I be expecting?

[toneyc]

It is fairly normal. As you become more experienced, you'll lose a little less but you'll always lose some. I usually try to hit five and a half gallons to compensate for racking losses.

:)
Toney

[Jughead]

I brew 6 US gallon batches. Usually I come up a little short on my OG target and skimp on the water, which means I'm just under 6 gal before fermentation. I loose a bit to the blow off hose. Another bit when racking to secondary, more when bottling.

In the end I have about 5 to 5.25 US gallons.

You can loose a fair bit when racking, depending on how fussy you are about not sucking up the trub.

[S.F.B.]

When I do bottle, I end up with around 50 12 oz'ers (600 oz.). By my calculations you might be losing 4-5 pints. As Toney said, you will lose less the more experienced you get.

[sallad]

i start with about 5 1/4 US gallons in a 6 gallon primary, rack to a 5 gallon secondary that is usually as filled as it can get. i usually get maybe around 50 or so 12oz bottles. so i lose 1/4 to 1/2 gallon in a typical batch.

[noby]

so, do you leave less behind with each racking.
i.e. primary to secondary; secondary to bulk priming; bulk priming to bottles.

this is what I tried to do when bottling my last batch. noy quite every last drop, but no point in leaving an inch or so in the priming bucket

[paul84043]

I do the same thing that Sallad does.
Sometimes I have to leave a bit behind when filling the secondary, but usually I can get it to fit perfectly if I'm careful when adding my top off water before pitching yeast.

You don't actually leave less and less behind on each transfer, at least I don't....I am not picky at all about moving some trub over, it all settles out in the secondary and when you move it to the bottling bucket, you rarely transfer any gunk.
I use an autosiphon which has a special tip that does two things, it keeps you from bottoming out in the carboy and draws from an upward direction, both of which help to leave the trub where it belongs.

I'll typically have a full 5 gallons which translates into 50 12 oz. bottles.
I usually bottle a mix og 12's 16's, and tallboy's which can be anywhere from 20 to 24 oz. bottles, so it's really hard to say "I get x number of bottles"...

Jughead....you start with just under 6 gallons and end up with 5?
You must leave alot behind in transfer?
I usually start with 5 1/4 gallons and end up with 5.

Since I use 5 gallon secondaries, it's not worth my while to aim for a larger batch, I can't fit it in anyway...

[Jughead]

With a 6 gallon batch in a 6 gallon primary, I often loose lots through the blowoff tube. I'd like to get a larger primary so that this does not happen.

[Tweek]

I usually end up with around 12 gallons in the boil and then bottle 10 gallons. Most of the loss happens in the boil.

[YamahaXS]

Noby, I think you lost more than I would expect you to. I consider a 1/2 gallon (US) loss as normal (10% loss). Looks like you lost about 20% of your beer. You can get that figure down with practice. :)

[noby]

hopefully, because 20% seems alot alright!
I got 35 bottles last batch, which sounds closer to the mark

[toneyc]

If you're doing regular 12 oz bottles, you should come closer to to 50 bottles. 35 is about right for 16 oz bottles, though.

:)
Toney.