So I am reading up a lot about AG, but don't have the space for the proper equipment and am stuck on stovetop for now. I might be able to swing some space for a 7.5 gal Rubbermaid MLT setup however. I know a 7.5 gal now may be a little bigger than I need, but I hate to buy equipment only to upgrade a few months later.
Here is what I propose, and I wonder if it has been done (couldn't find anything specific) and how efficient it may be. I am going to be brewing a dunkelweizen next weekend, which will have 3 lbs of DME and ~5 lbs of grain. I have two pots, a 3.75 gal and a 3 gal. Would it be bad for the DME if I dissolve it in ~2 gal of water in the smaller pot, boil it there, and separately boil the grain wort in the larger pot? I figure if I don't have the DME in the bigger pot my hop utilisation would be pretty good in that pot. Opinions?
Here is what I propose, and I wonder if it has been done (couldn't find anything specific) and how efficient it may be. I am going to be brewing a dunkelweizen next weekend, which will have 3 lbs of DME and ~5 lbs of grain. I have two pots, a 3.75 gal and a 3 gal. Would it be bad for the DME if I dissolve it in ~2 gal of water in the smaller pot, boil it there, and separately boil the grain wort in the larger pot? I figure if I don't have the DME in the bigger pot my hop utilisation would be pretty good in that pot. Opinions?