Ok. Here we go.
I've brewed big beers before, but quit and composted the grains pretty much without a second thought. And then I got to thinking about the next brew I'm putting together. I'm doing a barleywine with O.G. 1.093. Now, after mashing and sparging for a 5 gallon batch (6.5 gallon boil) I'm thinking there's enough awesome left in those 23 lbs of grains that might make it worth running some more hot water through.
Can't find where others have done enough of this to anticipate how much wort I should get from it and at what S.G.
Thoughts? Ideas?
I've brewed big beers before, but quit and composted the grains pretty much without a second thought. And then I got to thinking about the next brew I'm putting together. I'm doing a barleywine with O.G. 1.093. Now, after mashing and sparging for a 5 gallon batch (6.5 gallon boil) I'm thinking there's enough awesome left in those 23 lbs of grains that might make it worth running some more hot water through.
Can't find where others have done enough of this to anticipate how much wort I should get from it and at what S.G.
Thoughts? Ideas?