My cousin and me are thinking about going in and getting enough ingredients for a 10 gallon batch of Dead Ringer, then splitting it. We'll save about $17 doing it this way vs buying two DR kits, even if we left the yeast and priming sugar off those kits.
We both have have 10 gallon tuns and 10 gallon boil kettles. What I was thinking to save time was mashing in one tun and then just divide the wort to our boil kettles when draining the tun. I don't feel comfortable doing a 10 gallon batch in a 10 gallon kettle, but wonder if I can do the mash in one vessel. The grain bill would be 24lbs of grain, 22lbs being 2 row and the other two lbs being caramel 40. Worst case scenario, I could steep the 2lbs of caramel if the tun is too small for the total grain. Can I fit the total grain bill in a 10 gallon tun, or will I have to steep the caramel 40? Thanks for any suggestions.
We both have have 10 gallon tuns and 10 gallon boil kettles. What I was thinking to save time was mashing in one tun and then just divide the wort to our boil kettles when draining the tun. I don't feel comfortable doing a 10 gallon batch in a 10 gallon kettle, but wonder if I can do the mash in one vessel. The grain bill would be 24lbs of grain, 22lbs being 2 row and the other two lbs being caramel 40. Worst case scenario, I could steep the 2lbs of caramel if the tun is too small for the total grain. Can I fit the total grain bill in a 10 gallon tun, or will I have to steep the caramel 40? Thanks for any suggestions.