This Sunday I'm going to brew a bitter chocolate oatmeal stout. It's a clone of the Stone stout. Seems like a really interesting beer and should be a big, big beer. Final abv should be 9-10% and the recipe called for 20 lbs. of grain.
I know this question is probably asked a lot, so I've read through the sticky's at the top of this page, but I still am I little unclear.
I'll be mashing in the cooler mash tun I just built (pics below- pretty standard) and I have a 10 gallon kettle. I know that I should use 1.25 qt. per lbs. of grain, so by my math for 20 lbs. of grain I'll need 25 qt. or 6.25 gallons. That seems low actually. Should I use more water? Or, if I should only use the 6.25 gallons how much should I mash with. How much should I sparge with? Again, sorry if this is redundant, but I thought this would be something you Vets could answer quickly.
Here's the mash tun. I used the stainless steel supply line filter thing most guys used in their online vids. Pumped to give it a try.
I know this question is probably asked a lot, so I've read through the sticky's at the top of this page, but I still am I little unclear.
I'll be mashing in the cooler mash tun I just built (pics below- pretty standard) and I have a 10 gallon kettle. I know that I should use 1.25 qt. per lbs. of grain, so by my math for 20 lbs. of grain I'll need 25 qt. or 6.25 gallons. That seems low actually. Should I use more water? Or, if I should only use the 6.25 gallons how much should I mash with. How much should I sparge with? Again, sorry if this is redundant, but I thought this would be something you Vets could answer quickly.
Here's the mash tun. I used the stainless steel supply line filter thing most guys used in their online vids. Pumped to give it a try.