thelastdandy
Well-Known Member
hey everyone,
i've been asking quite a bit of questions lately, but i'm new at this and hope you guys can get me pointed in the right direction. i want to make a barley wine, but don't have a boil pot large enough to hold the volume of mash water and sparge water required. is it normal practice to do a barley wine using a no sparge technique and then sparging to produce a seperate lighter brew? is there anything that i'm going to lose in the barley wine by not sparging, thus shortening the boil time (i'm assuming, because i won't have the volume to allow for evaporation)? i really like the style but don't want to buy a huge boil pot because they aren't cheap (and my wife doesn't see the importance of beer as much as i do and won't give me the cash!). what kind of beer could i get from the second runnings? any help for a newbie would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
i've been asking quite a bit of questions lately, but i'm new at this and hope you guys can get me pointed in the right direction. i want to make a barley wine, but don't have a boil pot large enough to hold the volume of mash water and sparge water required. is it normal practice to do a barley wine using a no sparge technique and then sparging to produce a seperate lighter brew? is there anything that i'm going to lose in the barley wine by not sparging, thus shortening the boil time (i'm assuming, because i won't have the volume to allow for evaporation)? i really like the style but don't want to buy a huge boil pot because they aren't cheap (and my wife doesn't see the importance of beer as much as i do and won't give me the cash!). what kind of beer could i get from the second runnings? any help for a newbie would be greatly appreciated.
thanks