Moving

Well I'm moving faster than I thought toward all grain brewing. I purchased a 5 gallon water cooler off Amazon yesterday. There was some doubt in my mind as to what size my brew kettle was. I didn't know if it was 7.5 or 8 gallons. It's 8, I measured it and also scored a piece of wood so I can know how much wort I will be boiling. I need a more efficient way of cooling my wort, I think I lose more volume with an ice bath. I tried a full boil on my last batch, I started out with over 6 gallons of wort and ended up with just over 4. It's time for some trial and error. Maybe I'll try making my own wort chiller. Who knows