Hi all,
Brewing a double IPA this weekend which has. 21lb grain bill. I just had issues with a 17lb grain bill a few months ago, and this will only exacerbate it. It is a 5gal recipe, and my mash tun works well with most recipes that don't have such a huge grain bill.
The issue is I can only fit probably half or maybe 3/4 of the water in the mash, then I sparge the normal amount and stuff I didn't use. On my last one my efficiency was pretty poor .
I tried googling some things and couldn't find a keyword to use as I'm sure there's something that exists, maybe doing a double mash? Fill, steep for an hour, empty, fill, steep, then do a slow sparge? Maybe?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
On a side note, I'll be stepping up to 10gal batches probably by end of year, and would he doing huge grain bills, probably 40lbs+ I know I've seen igloo cooler styled mash tuns but am curious if there are any better solutions that came out since I read those posts.
Brewing a double IPA this weekend which has. 21lb grain bill. I just had issues with a 17lb grain bill a few months ago, and this will only exacerbate it. It is a 5gal recipe, and my mash tun works well with most recipes that don't have such a huge grain bill.
The issue is I can only fit probably half or maybe 3/4 of the water in the mash, then I sparge the normal amount and stuff I didn't use. On my last one my efficiency was pretty poor .
I tried googling some things and couldn't find a keyword to use as I'm sure there's something that exists, maybe doing a double mash? Fill, steep for an hour, empty, fill, steep, then do a slow sparge? Maybe?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
On a side note, I'll be stepping up to 10gal batches probably by end of year, and would he doing huge grain bills, probably 40lbs+ I know I've seen igloo cooler styled mash tuns but am curious if there are any better solutions that came out since I read those posts.