Rubberband
Well-Known Member
Having made 5 PM brews, I think I am ready to make an All Grain batch. My problem in that my boil kettle is only 5.5 gallons. I have a 5 gal MT (drink cooler conversion) and I was thinking of making an English bitter, OG around 1.040.
Here's the plan, I will use a single infusion mash and batch sparge. I want to collect enough wort for 4.5 gal to boil and then add the necessary water (about 1.5 gal) in the ferm bucket to get me to 5.25 gal. for the finished batch. Does anyone else do this and is it successful? I need to break down and buy a bigger boil kettle but I can also buy 6 or 7 recipes for the cost of a good 10 gal kettle. My PM beers have all been pretty good, I just cannot resist the allure of AG.
Here's the plan, I will use a single infusion mash and batch sparge. I want to collect enough wort for 4.5 gal to boil and then add the necessary water (about 1.5 gal) in the ferm bucket to get me to 5.25 gal. for the finished batch. Does anyone else do this and is it successful? I need to break down and buy a bigger boil kettle but I can also buy 6 or 7 recipes for the cost of a good 10 gal kettle. My PM beers have all been pretty good, I just cannot resist the allure of AG.