DerCribben
Well-Known Member
So I am beginning my foray into all grain using the "Fizzy Yellow Beer" recipe from this thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f62/fizzy-yellow-beer-120939/ that Yooper posted. Now, this is also going to be my first biab batch, and all I have is a 5gallon ss kettle that's been doing me good so far when producing extract beers. I've also got access to a couple aluminum turkey fryer pots.
My question is, I've got the stuff for a 5 gallon batch, and I can do a 5 gallon(ish) boil with my kettle but I worry that I'm not going to have the efficiency I really need to make this come out right using a single pot mash/sparge.
Should I do a 5 gallon mash, pull and drain my bag, and then get an additional amount of water (however much would equal the headspace left in my kettle after grain bag removal) up to sparging temp and do a second dunk to get the rest of the sugars in the grain and supply the rest of the boil volume?
My question is, I've got the stuff for a 5 gallon batch, and I can do a 5 gallon(ish) boil with my kettle but I worry that I'm not going to have the efficiency I really need to make this come out right using a single pot mash/sparge.
Should I do a 5 gallon mash, pull and drain my bag, and then get an additional amount of water (however much would equal the headspace left in my kettle after grain bag removal) up to sparging temp and do a second dunk to get the rest of the sugars in the grain and supply the rest of the boil volume?