I'm looking to do an all-grain batch in a bag with one 5 gallon kettle.
I am able to fit enough grain and water to mash a five gallon batch (12 or 13 pounds of malt with a 1.25 water to grain ratio), however when I take the bag out I am unable to sparge or "tea bag" with anything, the bag flattens out and won't fit in my second five gallon kettle with enough water to tea bag
Instead, I was thinking that if I had a funnel that was big enough to house the grains and wide enough at the bottom to rest comfortably on top of my five gallon kettle, I could place the grains in the funnel and run sparge water through it to fill up my kettle to four gallons. After that I'd be off and running to my boil.
I think this could be a very good idea for those of us that have started with extract brews and want to jump straight into all-grain. The investment would be small ($20 or $30 for the funnel) and the efficiency would be a lot higher than tea bagging (I'm assuming).
Thoughts? Opinions? More importantly, has this been done before? and if so, is there a funnel I can buy like this so I don't have to make one?
I am able to fit enough grain and water to mash a five gallon batch (12 or 13 pounds of malt with a 1.25 water to grain ratio), however when I take the bag out I am unable to sparge or "tea bag" with anything, the bag flattens out and won't fit in my second five gallon kettle with enough water to tea bag
Instead, I was thinking that if I had a funnel that was big enough to house the grains and wide enough at the bottom to rest comfortably on top of my five gallon kettle, I could place the grains in the funnel and run sparge water through it to fill up my kettle to four gallons. After that I'd be off and running to my boil.
I think this could be a very good idea for those of us that have started with extract brews and want to jump straight into all-grain. The investment would be small ($20 or $30 for the funnel) and the efficiency would be a lot higher than tea bagging (I'm assuming).
Thoughts? Opinions? More importantly, has this been done before? and if so, is there a funnel I can buy like this so I don't have to make one?