So I looked up a recipe quickly on beersmith right before walking into the home-brew store and had them mix and crush the grains for me. After mixing a couple together the guy asked how large of a batch I was doing...I looked down at the recipe again and realized it was for a 20 gallon recipe. By the time I realized what happened they had already mixed stuff together, so I was on the hook for it.
Long story short, I have mixed crushed grains for a 20 gallon brew, but my equipment is setup for 5 gallon batches. The grains I have are in two sealed plastic bags. I am thinking I could fully mix them up in a 5 gallon bucket and then pull out 25% of them to make my 5 gallon batch.
Would this work or would I end up with not the right mix of grains? Should I just trash them and start over? I an torn because I hate to burn the money (50 bucks) on the grain, but I also don't want to invest a full brew day into a bad batch.
Long story short, I have mixed crushed grains for a 20 gallon brew, but my equipment is setup for 5 gallon batches. The grains I have are in two sealed plastic bags. I am thinking I could fully mix them up in a 5 gallon bucket and then pull out 25% of them to make my 5 gallon batch.
Would this work or would I end up with not the right mix of grains? Should I just trash them and start over? I an torn because I hate to burn the money (50 bucks) on the grain, but I also don't want to invest a full brew day into a bad batch.