Donner
Well-Known Member
So i've been partial mashing few a few batches now and have had good luck with it. This next one brew session will be my first using my 10 gallon pot and propane burner.
I was running the numbers just now and realized i don't know what to do with my water numbers. With my partial mashes i would usually mash in with 1.25 qts per lb and sparge with roughly the same amount. This would gave me my partial boil volume of around 3 gallons.
So, if i'm doing a full boil, should i just take my 3 gallons and top up to ~6 + to get my full boil volume? Or should i run more water through on my sparge than just the 1.25 qts/lb i have been doing? I remember reading that sparging with too much water will start to extract tannins.
I assume that topping up to my boil volume wont do any harm and will just dilute my wort. Which shouldn't be an issue because adding my extract with 15 minutes left will bring me back up to my O.G.
Any help would be appreciated.
I was running the numbers just now and realized i don't know what to do with my water numbers. With my partial mashes i would usually mash in with 1.25 qts per lb and sparge with roughly the same amount. This would gave me my partial boil volume of around 3 gallons.
So, if i'm doing a full boil, should i just take my 3 gallons and top up to ~6 + to get my full boil volume? Or should i run more water through on my sparge than just the 1.25 qts/lb i have been doing? I remember reading that sparging with too much water will start to extract tannins.
I assume that topping up to my boil volume wont do any harm and will just dilute my wort. Which shouldn't be an issue because adding my extract with 15 minutes left will bring me back up to my O.G.
Any help would be appreciated.