beargrylls
Well-Known Member
So I've been doing partial mashes and boiling about 4 gallons of wort in my 5 gallon pot, but I would like to switch to AG. I'm thinking of converting a 5 gallon cooler to a mash tun.
However, I can't boil more than 4 gallons on my small stove, and I would rather not do a split boil. I'm thinking of sparging until I get 4 gallons in my pot and then topping off with water in my fermenter to get to 5 gallons. I know that I will have terrible efficiency with only sparging this much, so I was wondering if I could just compensate for this by using more grain in my mash tun. Is this realistic? And could a 5 gallon MT hold enough grain for what I'm talking about? It'd be nice if I could do ~1.065 beers by doing this
However, I can't boil more than 4 gallons on my small stove, and I would rather not do a split boil. I'm thinking of sparging until I get 4 gallons in my pot and then topping off with water in my fermenter to get to 5 gallons. I know that I will have terrible efficiency with only sparging this much, so I was wondering if I could just compensate for this by using more grain in my mash tun. Is this realistic? And could a 5 gallon MT hold enough grain for what I'm talking about? It'd be nice if I could do ~1.065 beers by doing this