left field brewer
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I am planning on making two beers out of one mash but want them both to be a full 5.5G. The first will be a double IPA on the weaker side(about 1.080-5) and the second will be a blond/pale ale(depending on grain bill). Does anyone have a guess what percent of the total sugars will be able to be sparged off through multiple batch sparges?Should I assume that I'll leave about 5% in the mash....or more? I was also wondering if the easiest way to attain proposed gravities is mathematically or just sparge it all out in separate vessels and then combine to get right gravities? I guess I don't want to spend time figuring the math and then have the end result be off several points. Has figuring it worked well for anyone?