Did a breakfast stout yesterday that had the better part of 20lbs of grain in it. I used 6gals of strike water, and sparged with another 1gal. I barely got over 5gals of wort. I checked my OG and it wasn't too far off, so I used more water to sparge.
In total, 7.5gals of water went into my MT. I only got 5.5gals back out. Does this sound normal? After my boil, I only had 4.5gals. Would 20lbs of grain absorb that much water? When I dumped my MT, there certainly wasn't like a pocket of water that had been trapped.
In total, 7.5gals of water went into my MT. I only got 5.5gals back out. Does this sound normal? After my boil, I only had 4.5gals. Would 20lbs of grain absorb that much water? When I dumped my MT, there certainly wasn't like a pocket of water that had been trapped.