So, I am sure this has been done before so, if there is an article out there, please let me know!
By the way, I got a 3rd for my Belgian Witbier and 3rd for my Dry Stout at the Homebrew Competiton in Chico, Ca this last weekend! Not bad for my first attempt at each of those brews and my 6th and 7th batch total!
I have almost finished my Keg conversion and funds are low to buy the Mash Tun so I have been thinking a bit....Why can't the mash and boil be done in the same vessel? I read the sticky on the partial mash procedure. I want to do something similar but on a larger scale and not using any extract.
The idea I have is to mash the grain in a grain bag in my 15 gal kettle. After the mash, make something that can stand on the keg and suspend the bag over the keg so it can drip back into the wort. Then sparge the grain slowly with my fresh water from my HLT (my old 5 gallong pot). I would like to be able to do a 10 gallon batch.
Can this be done? Will the efficiancy be too low because of the grain being in the open air and cooling down even though I will be sparging with the hot water?
Thanks for any insight! I am sure someone else has tried something like this before.
By the way, I got a 3rd for my Belgian Witbier and 3rd for my Dry Stout at the Homebrew Competiton in Chico, Ca this last weekend! Not bad for my first attempt at each of those brews and my 6th and 7th batch total!
I have almost finished my Keg conversion and funds are low to buy the Mash Tun so I have been thinking a bit....Why can't the mash and boil be done in the same vessel? I read the sticky on the partial mash procedure. I want to do something similar but on a larger scale and not using any extract.
The idea I have is to mash the grain in a grain bag in my 15 gal kettle. After the mash, make something that can stand on the keg and suspend the bag over the keg so it can drip back into the wort. Then sparge the grain slowly with my fresh water from my HLT (my old 5 gallong pot). I would like to be able to do a 10 gallon batch.
Can this be done? Will the efficiancy be too low because of the grain being in the open air and cooling down even though I will be sparging with the hot water?
Thanks for any insight! I am sure someone else has tried something like this before.