tbone
Well-Known Member
I will be doing my first AG batch early next week. It is an attempt at a Dogfish Head 60 Min clone. After reading a lot on this site and studying Palmer, I set up the following mash schedule. Would you please check things out and make suggestions. I would like to get this right. Also, I have a couple of questions below.
Recipe: All Grain
5 gallon batch
13.00 lbs 2 Row
.50 lb Amber Malt
Boil Volume: 6.5 gallons
Absorption .1gal/lb
Procedure:
Mash in 4.22 gallons at 170 degrees (1.25 qts/lb)
Hold mash at 154 for 60 minutes
Add 1 ½ quarts boiling water to compensate for absorption. This will produce 3.25 gallons of wort. (The grain bed should be around 168 degrees after adding the water)
Stir-vorlauf-drain
Sparge total collections should be 3.25 gallons.
2 equal sparges of 6 ½ quarts at 168 degrees. this should result in 6.5 gallons of wort.
Calculated pre-boil maximum gravity 1.079 (38ppg x 13 / 6.5 plus 34ppg x .5 / 6.5) from Palmer
Questions: Does the sparge water temp.and the strike water temp sound correct?
Am I wasting time doing two sparges with only 6 ½ qts per sparge?
Should I do only 1 sparge of 3.25 gallons?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Recipe: All Grain
5 gallon batch
13.00 lbs 2 Row
.50 lb Amber Malt
Boil Volume: 6.5 gallons
Absorption .1gal/lb
Procedure:
Mash in 4.22 gallons at 170 degrees (1.25 qts/lb)
Hold mash at 154 for 60 minutes
Add 1 ½ quarts boiling water to compensate for absorption. This will produce 3.25 gallons of wort. (The grain bed should be around 168 degrees after adding the water)
Stir-vorlauf-drain
Sparge total collections should be 3.25 gallons.
2 equal sparges of 6 ½ quarts at 168 degrees. this should result in 6.5 gallons of wort.
Calculated pre-boil maximum gravity 1.079 (38ppg x 13 / 6.5 plus 34ppg x .5 / 6.5) from Palmer
Questions: Does the sparge water temp.and the strike water temp sound correct?
Am I wasting time doing two sparges with only 6 ½ qts per sparge?
Should I do only 1 sparge of 3.25 gallons?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.