BPal75
Well-Known Member
So I've read Deathbrewer's sticky where he dunk sparges his grain bag in a separate pot of 170 degree water. I've also heard of people using thin mashes equal to the full boil volume and doing no sparge.
My question is whether a hybrid method would be successful for a partial mash and not lower my efficiency too much. I don't like the idea of a full volume, no sparge, thin mash because if you're boiling 6.5 gallons and only mashing 4 lbs that's a water to grist ratio of 6.5 - too thin! I'd probably have to mash for like 2 hours to get good efficiency. So could I mash 2 gallons for 4 lbs (grist ratio of 2) for 60 minutes, drain the grain bag, top up to 6.5 gallons, add the extract, and boil?
I guess I'm really just wondering whether using a thicker mash would offset lower efficiency by skipping the dunk sparge.
My question is whether a hybrid method would be successful for a partial mash and not lower my efficiency too much. I don't like the idea of a full volume, no sparge, thin mash because if you're boiling 6.5 gallons and only mashing 4 lbs that's a water to grist ratio of 6.5 - too thin! I'd probably have to mash for like 2 hours to get good efficiency. So could I mash 2 gallons for 4 lbs (grist ratio of 2) for 60 minutes, drain the grain bag, top up to 6.5 gallons, add the extract, and boil?
I guess I'm really just wondering whether using a thicker mash would offset lower efficiency by skipping the dunk sparge.