I brewed this with a 10gal rubbermaid mash tun. Worked just fine. If you need, thin your mash volume. But don't skip mash out.
However, I think you ma misunderstand mashout. In batch sparge, your sparge IS the mashout, so to speak. Use 185-190F water after draining first runnings fully. This will raise the grain temp to mashout temps very quickly.
thanks guys, this is what i wanted to hear, i might just get a few less lbs of 2row and ill just drain the first runnings and go straight to sparge with some hot water.
actually im really new to all-grain and i wouldn't even know how to figure out all this efficiency stuff, i just built myself a 10 gallon home depot mash tun and just got a propane burner (bayou sp10) and a 9 gallon stainless pot from AIH. i have a few extra 5 gallon pots to heat up sparge water in too. so thats my system, how would i begin to start figuring out my efficiency?
If I can't find cacao nibs, how much cacao powder should I substitute for? Should I add this any differently? I've never used cacao in brewing before. Thanks.
pabloj13 said:I just used a combination of unsweetened and bittersweet chocolate. Worked great.
How much of each did you use and at what time? Thanks. I was thinking of using the powder because I already have it in my cabinet.
How come the original BYO recipe calls for adding nibs at flameout?Powder is what you want to use in the boil. You don't want to boil the nibs.
Nibs are ideal for secondary however, much better flavor when beer is sitting on them, and they are alot cleaner!
I tasted the first bottle of my second batch of this recipe yesterday and it turned out fantastic. OG 1.096, FG 1.032. Great head retention, wonderful aroma, it is very close to the original. Will have to do a side by side comparison with a bottle of Founders Breakfast stout this weekend.
Thanks again for this awesome recipe!
I've only had 1 bottle of mine that was only in the bottle for 3 weeks and I thought the chocolate was too week. Did you do anything different between the two batches regarding the chocolate? I'd actually like more. I actually want to brew a Southern Tier choklat to get more chocolate.
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