I'm thinking of including a mash out on my next batch, a cream ale, which has a small enough grain bill to use my fly sparge setup.
My recipe which includes 10.75# of grain comes out to:
Mash in @ 1.25 qt/lb: 13.13 qts at 174.3
Mash out @ 1.75 qt/lb: 5.25 qts at 197.7
After some calculations, I realized this won't fit in a 5 gallon cooler because it requires about 5.4 gallons of space. The amount of water I can fit is about 16.34 qts. I played around and here the options I came up with:
Drop the mash in down:
Mash in @ 1.05 qt/lb: 11.03 qts at 176.9
Mash out @ 1.75 qt/lb: 5.25 qts at 197.7
Drop both down:
Mash in @ 1.15 qt/lb: 12.08 qts at 175.6
Mash out @ 1.65 qt/lb: 4.20 qts at 202.7
Thoughts? Or should I just stick with no mash out?
My recipe which includes 10.75# of grain comes out to:
Mash in @ 1.25 qt/lb: 13.13 qts at 174.3
Mash out @ 1.75 qt/lb: 5.25 qts at 197.7
After some calculations, I realized this won't fit in a 5 gallon cooler because it requires about 5.4 gallons of space. The amount of water I can fit is about 16.34 qts. I played around and here the options I came up with:
Drop the mash in down:
Mash in @ 1.05 qt/lb: 11.03 qts at 176.9
Mash out @ 1.75 qt/lb: 5.25 qts at 197.7
Drop both down:
Mash in @ 1.15 qt/lb: 12.08 qts at 175.6
Mash out @ 1.65 qt/lb: 4.20 qts at 202.7
Thoughts? Or should I just stick with no mash out?