devilishprune
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So I decided that this weekend I want to throw together a quick, half batch that I can keg up when all my stuff arrives. The notion of a lightly soured brown ale seemed pretty good to me and SWMBO, so a ketucky common seemed in order. I snatched up a recipe from one thread and halved it.
My problem is, it's only about 4.25 lbs of grains, which I'm going to mash for a couple days (for a sour mash). Is that going to be a problem in my 13 gallon rectangular cooler? Is it going to lose too much temperature to be safe over the course of that time?
One more thing, I bout grits to replace the flaked corn in the recipe. Only these were quick 5-minute grits. Are these the same as instant grits, and if not, do I still have to cook these first? It was either the 5-minute variety, old fashioned, or the instant that comes individually packaged.
My problem is, it's only about 4.25 lbs of grains, which I'm going to mash for a couple days (for a sour mash). Is that going to be a problem in my 13 gallon rectangular cooler? Is it going to lose too much temperature to be safe over the course of that time?
One more thing, I bout grits to replace the flaked corn in the recipe. Only these were quick 5-minute grits. Are these the same as instant grits, and if not, do I still have to cook these first? It was either the 5-minute variety, old fashioned, or the instant that comes individually packaged.
