Rolly
Well-Known Member
I'm doing my first big beer this week. I batch sparge in a 10 gallon cooler and get about 70-75% efficiency with average gravity beers. I'm going to do a 5 gallon batch of English barleywine that has 14lbs maris otter and .5 lb crystal 90. The OG is supposed to be 1.082.
Should I expect my efficiency to be lower with this much grain? If so, what are my options? Could I just add 2 more lbs of maris otter, leave the crystal the same, and end keep my process the same as normal?
Or do I need to run off a ton more wort, enough for like a 2 hour boil? I'd rather keep the boil at the standard 60 minutes if possible.
Thanks for any tips.
Should I expect my efficiency to be lower with this much grain? If so, what are my options? Could I just add 2 more lbs of maris otter, leave the crystal the same, and end keep my process the same as normal?
Or do I need to run off a ton more wort, enough for like a 2 hour boil? I'd rather keep the boil at the standard 60 minutes if possible.
Thanks for any tips.