snailsongs
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I was thinking about brewing up a huge Imperial Stout along the lines of Brewpastors Dark Night of the Soul RIS. The problem is, I only have a 7.5 gallon aluminum (turkey fryer special) boil-kettle. It's just enough to do a full-boil with an average gravity ale......
....so, If I have 25 lbs of grain to mash, I will need roughly 7.5 gallons just to mash with, nevermind the extra water needed for sparging. So could I mash with 8-9 gallons of water (to account for water lost to the grain) and just make this big beer with the first runnings only?
....(and a follow up question, if this worked, could I make a second, lesser beer from second runnings?)
....so, If I have 25 lbs of grain to mash, I will need roughly 7.5 gallons just to mash with, nevermind the extra water needed for sparging. So could I mash with 8-9 gallons of water (to account for water lost to the grain) and just make this big beer with the first runnings only?
....(and a follow up question, if this worked, could I make a second, lesser beer from second runnings?)