I_Brew_Drunk
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I brewed up an IPA (extract + steeping grains) the other day and realized a bit too late that my steeping bag was barely too small to fit all my grains. I ended up just dumping them all into the pot and then just scooping as much of them out as possible before adding my hops. After I cool my wort I usually pour it through the steeping bag to collect as much of the hop matter anyway so when I did it this time it collected the rest of the grains I didn't remove pre boil too.
My thought is that this would increase efficiency due to larger surface area of water:grain and I'm curious why this isn't common practice? Do people just not want to have to take the extra time to scoop out the grains?
When I took the OG it was on the higher end of the projected gravity range from tastybrew.com
My thought is that this would increase efficiency due to larger surface area of water:grain and I'm curious why this isn't common practice? Do people just not want to have to take the extra time to scoop out the grains?
When I took the OG it was on the higher end of the projected gravity range from tastybrew.com