william_shakes_beer
Well-Known Member
Presently I do partial boils exract and steeping grains. What is the max grain bill I could expect to do in my 7.5 gallon brew pot? I'm thinking of easing into AG and would like to select a first recipie....
If you use 1.25 qts/lb you can fit 19 lbs in a 7.5 gallon kettle. At least that's what Beersmith says.
After the mash you will have about 5.125 gallons of wort. You can then sparge up to your preboil volume.
As long as you have enough water to cover the grain bed, you could always do this:
1) BIAB mash with as much water as you can fit
2) After the "first runnings" (I guess it's still called that for BIAB?) put the bag in a collander over the brew pot
3) Heat up additional water in a separate pot to equal out to 6.5-7 gallons to make a 5 gallon batch depending on your pot's evaperation rate
4) Sparge this water through the grain bag and collander into the brew pot
5) Normal brew day from there
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