421Brew
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Alright, so it may be a little premature to start all grain with only two extract batches under my belt but I figured what the heck. Ive probably done more reading about brewing over the last month than total reading during my four years in college. So, on to my question...
I brought a recipe (found online) into the brew store and they helped me modify it to this:
8 lb. Marris Otter
1 lb. chocolate malt
1 lb. roasted barley
1 lb. Vienna malt
0.5 lb. cara-pils malt
0.5 lb. crystal malt, 56° Lovibond
1 lb. Munich malt
2 oz. Perle hops (8% alpha acid), for 20 min.
1 oz. crystal hops (3.2% alpha acid), for finishing
White Labs California Ale Yeast
My question is, that adds up to 13 pounds of grain. At a ratio of 1.25 gallons of water per 1 pound grain, that comes out to 4 gallons water to be mashed with the grain. Then, keeping those 4 gallons of water in mind and using a ratio of 1.5 gallons sparge water per 1 gallon mash water, thats another 6 gallons of water. That leaves me with 10 gallons of wort, pre-boil. I realize I will loose maybe 1-2 gallons of water during the boil, but where am I not comprehending that this will turn into a 5 gal batch of beer when I'm done??? Maybe those water ratios dont take affect when trying to make a high alcohol (claimed 10% in the recipe) stout? Please help!
Thank you much,
Carl
I brought a recipe (found online) into the brew store and they helped me modify it to this:
8 lb. Marris Otter
1 lb. chocolate malt
1 lb. roasted barley
1 lb. Vienna malt
0.5 lb. cara-pils malt
0.5 lb. crystal malt, 56° Lovibond
1 lb. Munich malt
2 oz. Perle hops (8% alpha acid), for 20 min.
1 oz. crystal hops (3.2% alpha acid), for finishing
White Labs California Ale Yeast
My question is, that adds up to 13 pounds of grain. At a ratio of 1.25 gallons of water per 1 pound grain, that comes out to 4 gallons water to be mashed with the grain. Then, keeping those 4 gallons of water in mind and using a ratio of 1.5 gallons sparge water per 1 gallon mash water, thats another 6 gallons of water. That leaves me with 10 gallons of wort, pre-boil. I realize I will loose maybe 1-2 gallons of water during the boil, but where am I not comprehending that this will turn into a 5 gal batch of beer when I'm done??? Maybe those water ratios dont take affect when trying to make a high alcohol (claimed 10% in the recipe) stout? Please help!
Thank you much,
Carl