I am limited in space and cannot heat a ten gallon pot on our stove. If I brew whole grain in a bag, is it possible to cut the mash water volume significantly in the mash kettle, mash my grains, boil, and then add 50% water to bring up the fermenting volume to 5 gallons?
The reason I ask this is that when using extract, I boil 2.5 gallons on the stove and then after boil, I add clean water to come up with a 5 gallon batch.
I would like to try whole grain, but have no room, nor stove for the typical 10 gallon brew pot to mash the 6.5 gallon starting volume and wondered if it was possible to mash and boil a concentrated 3.5 or 3 gallon mash and then dilute to 5 gallons before fermenting.
Thanks everyone for your thoughts.
The reason I ask this is that when using extract, I boil 2.5 gallons on the stove and then after boil, I add clean water to come up with a 5 gallon batch.
I would like to try whole grain, but have no room, nor stove for the typical 10 gallon brew pot to mash the 6.5 gallon starting volume and wondered if it was possible to mash and boil a concentrated 3.5 or 3 gallon mash and then dilute to 5 gallons before fermenting.
Thanks everyone for your thoughts.