Ok So I have gone 3 all grain batches so far this year. And they have went well. But I have a few questions going into my next one.
So here is a little bit of my set up. I use beer smith to input my recipes.
I have a 15 gallon keggle , 60qt igloo mash tun
Here are my questions
So here is my question
All 3 previous all grain beers I have brewed have been from recipes that tell me how much to heat my mash tun and batch sparge water. But this is my first recipe I am putting together from multiple recipes.
So am i safe to just pick a number between 150-155 and I will still make a good beer?
Second question
When deciding how much water to use in my mash tun is a good bench mark to shoot for 1.5 -2 gallons of water for each lb of grains?
My 3rd question
I am taking a a few recipes and combining them but they are all 5 gallon batches. I am doing my first 10 gallon batch.
Can I assume I just double the grains and hops from a 5 gallon recipe to make a 10 gallon batch or is there something else i should be using to determine how much grains and hops for a 10 gallon batch?
My Fourth question is
I batch sparge. So lets say I mashed for 60 min at 152F drained my mash tun.. Then put in " X" amount of sparge water and let that sit for 15 min.
Should I try to get the sparge water and grains to 152F? Or should I shoot for a higher temp for the 15min rest?
Here is the recipe I have put together for a 5 gallon batch but need to up it for 10 gallons
Grains
Briess 2- Row Brewers Malt 8.5#
Wheat,Flaked 3#
Briess Caramel Malt 60L 0.5#
Hops
Magnum 1oz 60min
Cascade 0.5oz 45min
Cascade 0.5oz 30min
Citra 0.5oz 30min
Citra 0.5oz 20min
Citra 0.5oz 15min
Cascade 0.5 oz 1 min
Citra 0.5oz 14 Days dry hop
Cascade 0.5 oz 14 Days dry hop
Yeast
Safale S-04
Extras
Irish Moss 3.0 Tsp 5 min
Whole Habenero 2.0oz 14 days dry hop
Fresh Mango 4.0lbs 14 days dry hop
Thanks so much in advance for the help!
So here is a little bit of my set up. I use beer smith to input my recipes.
I have a 15 gallon keggle , 60qt igloo mash tun
Here are my questions
So here is my question
All 3 previous all grain beers I have brewed have been from recipes that tell me how much to heat my mash tun and batch sparge water. But this is my first recipe I am putting together from multiple recipes.
So am i safe to just pick a number between 150-155 and I will still make a good beer?
Second question
When deciding how much water to use in my mash tun is a good bench mark to shoot for 1.5 -2 gallons of water for each lb of grains?
My 3rd question
I am taking a a few recipes and combining them but they are all 5 gallon batches. I am doing my first 10 gallon batch.
Can I assume I just double the grains and hops from a 5 gallon recipe to make a 10 gallon batch or is there something else i should be using to determine how much grains and hops for a 10 gallon batch?
My Fourth question is
I batch sparge. So lets say I mashed for 60 min at 152F drained my mash tun.. Then put in " X" amount of sparge water and let that sit for 15 min.
Should I try to get the sparge water and grains to 152F? Or should I shoot for a higher temp for the 15min rest?
Here is the recipe I have put together for a 5 gallon batch but need to up it for 10 gallons
Grains
Briess 2- Row Brewers Malt 8.5#
Wheat,Flaked 3#
Briess Caramel Malt 60L 0.5#
Hops
Magnum 1oz 60min
Cascade 0.5oz 45min
Cascade 0.5oz 30min
Citra 0.5oz 30min
Citra 0.5oz 20min
Citra 0.5oz 15min
Cascade 0.5 oz 1 min
Citra 0.5oz 14 Days dry hop
Cascade 0.5 oz 14 Days dry hop
Yeast
Safale S-04
Extras
Irish Moss 3.0 Tsp 5 min
Whole Habenero 2.0oz 14 days dry hop
Fresh Mango 4.0lbs 14 days dry hop
Thanks so much in advance for the help!