I'm planning a dopplebock that uses some carafa, and I would like to sparge the second runnings for a lighter beer. I have looked into cold or hot steeping dark roasted grains, like carafa, separately then adding to the wort later, but my other thought is to just put a bag of the few ounces of carafa into the kettle while I'm running the wort into the kettle for the first batch. That way the grain that I'll sparge for the second runnings will not have the darker grains.
This will be like capping the mash with darker grains, but only in the wort drained off, rather than the original mash.
Has anyone ever soaked bagged roasted grains in the wort in the kettle prior to boiling? Is there any advantage to steeping separately, besides a smoother flavor?
This will be like capping the mash with darker grains, but only in the wort drained off, rather than the original mash.
Has anyone ever soaked bagged roasted grains in the wort in the kettle prior to boiling? Is there any advantage to steeping separately, besides a smoother flavor?