dstar26t
If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing
The equipment I have for now is a 22 qt kettle and a 10 gal round cooler MLT with braid. I do PM batches and add whatever DME & water for the volume and ABV I want.
The amount of grain I can use (7.5 lbs) is determined by the amount of sparge water that will fit in the kettle, which I keep at 1 qt/lb for 2 equal batch sparges after mashing at 1.25 qt/lb. For 7.5 lbs, this usually gives me 1.5 for first runnings, then I do 2 batch sparges just shy of 2 gallons each where the first raises the grain to 170. This procedure gets me 76% everytime.
Up till now, I've only done ales. The next recipe I'd like to try is a pilsner so I'd also like to try a protein rest.
Can/should I do this?:
-infuse 1.25 qt/lb, 122F rest for 20 min.
-vorlauf and collect 1 gallon
-boil 1 gallon and add back to mash to raise temp to 153
-hold for 60 min.
-batch sparge as normal
The amount of grain I can use (7.5 lbs) is determined by the amount of sparge water that will fit in the kettle, which I keep at 1 qt/lb for 2 equal batch sparges after mashing at 1.25 qt/lb. For 7.5 lbs, this usually gives me 1.5 for first runnings, then I do 2 batch sparges just shy of 2 gallons each where the first raises the grain to 170. This procedure gets me 76% everytime.
Up till now, I've only done ales. The next recipe I'd like to try is a pilsner so I'd also like to try a protein rest.
Can/should I do this?:
-infuse 1.25 qt/lb, 122F rest for 20 min.
-vorlauf and collect 1 gallon
-boil 1 gallon and add back to mash to raise temp to 153
-hold for 60 min.
-batch sparge as normal