Grain bill help for 7.5 gal kettle...

[cwwillmon]

Hello,

What is the typical grain bill for a 5 gallon batch, doing BIAB with a 7.5 gal kettle?

Still trying to figure things out as I am a newbie...at brewing.

 

[wilserbrewer]

Roughly speaking 10 lbs of grain will yield a 5 to 5.5% abv beer at 5 gallons.

7.5 gallon kettle is bare minimum size to squeak a 5 gallon batch. Most would advise 10 gallon kettle minimum.

 

[cwwillmon]

Thanks, not looking for a very high ABV, just not have to buy more equip or different equip.

 

[RM-MN]

You can make pretty much any beer you want with your 7.5 gallon pot but you may have to get creative. Mash in with less water, pull bag and set it into a fermenter bucket and do a dunk sparge to the the right volume. Bring the main amount of wort to a boil until the foam is under control, then add the wort from the sparge. Be aware that this will get you more foam when it comes back to a boil. It may require you to only add part of it right away, then more as the wort boils off some of the liquid. You also may find that you don't get a full 5.5 gallons into the fermenter.

 

[bucketheadmn]

Thanks, not looking for a very high ABV, just not have to buy more equip or different equip.

Why be limited to doing a 5 gallon batch then? There is nothing that says you cannot scale your batches down. Look at doing 4 gallon, or smaller, batches.

 

[C-Rider]

OOPs forget it.