I learned to brew from a kit I got when I bought my 5 gal stuff. In the instructions it says to steep the specialty grains in a muslin bag. I go t the LHBS and the guy behind the counter says he recommends not using the grain sock because you don't get max efficiency that way.
BTW this is Maltose Express where I get my stuff from the owners wrote the book Clone Beers and Beer Captured.
So he proceeds to explain how to "steep the specialty grains.
According to the way they do it , if they are steeping say 1lb of grains they put it in a smaller pot with a gallon of water and mash for an hour at 155 degrees. He then uses a strainer to dump the grains in while the wort goes into your big pot and then pours the sparge water also at 155 over the grain bed sitting in the strainer.
Anyone else do it this way?
BTW this is Maltose Express where I get my stuff from the owners wrote the book Clone Beers and Beer Captured.
So he proceeds to explain how to "steep the specialty grains.
According to the way they do it , if they are steeping say 1lb of grains they put it in a smaller pot with a gallon of water and mash for an hour at 155 degrees. He then uses a strainer to dump the grains in while the wort goes into your big pot and then pours the sparge water also at 155 over the grain bed sitting in the strainer.
Anyone else do it this way?