I am new to brewing but with the help of my brew club I switched to All Grain after my first batch. I have done 7 batches now and am generally pleased with my results. I am confused on one topic though:
I have a 5 gallon Igloo Cylinder MLT and I regularly use it to make 5-6 gallon batches. I have read on these forums that this does not work well and that you cannot get OG's higher than 1.055 or so. I understand that I can only fit so much grain and water in a 5 gallon container, but I made the AHA Big Brew "Positively Porter" and hit over 1.070 OG on a 5.5 gallon batch.I think there were over 13 lbs of grain in that recipe. I do this by batch sparging multiple times until I hit my pre boil volume. The beer turned out excellent.
I know that it would be best for me to move up to a 10 Gallon MLT, but could someone point out what is wrong with what I am doing now?
I have a 5 gallon Igloo Cylinder MLT and I regularly use it to make 5-6 gallon batches. I have read on these forums that this does not work well and that you cannot get OG's higher than 1.055 or so. I understand that I can only fit so much grain and water in a 5 gallon container, but I made the AHA Big Brew "Positively Porter" and hit over 1.070 OG on a 5.5 gallon batch.I think there were over 13 lbs of grain in that recipe. I do this by batch sparging multiple times until I hit my pre boil volume. The beer turned out excellent.
I know that it would be best for me to move up to a 10 Gallon MLT, but could someone point out what is wrong with what I am doing now?