muthafuggle
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I'm trying a retardedly high-gravity brew for 12-12-12. It's a Scottish strong, and I'm shooting for 12% alcohol (because I'm prosaic like that). I'm using BeerSmith to come up with a recipe, and I'm not sure that the volumes make sense. Here's the recipe:
22 lbs of Golden Promise
1 lb of Caramel 120l
1 oz of Brewer's gold hops
Wyeast 1728 Scottish (7 quart starter)
According to BeerSmith, I mash in with 29 quarts of water.. I'm not sure I'm even reading this correctly.
I only have a 10 gallon cooler. I'm not sure 23 pounds of grain and 7.5 gallons of water will FIT into an igloo cooler.
Also, isn't that water to grist ratio way, way off?
I'm planning on grabbing the first two gallons of runnings and boiling them down to a syrup consistency and then adding that back to the boil.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
22 lbs of Golden Promise
1 lb of Caramel 120l
1 oz of Brewer's gold hops
Wyeast 1728 Scottish (7 quart starter)
According to BeerSmith, I mash in with 29 quarts of water.. I'm not sure I'm even reading this correctly.
I only have a 10 gallon cooler. I'm not sure 23 pounds of grain and 7.5 gallons of water will FIT into an igloo cooler.
Also, isn't that water to grist ratio way, way off?
I'm planning on grabbing the first two gallons of runnings and boiling them down to a syrup consistency and then adding that back to the boil.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.