aomagman78
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New to partial mashing, and really brewing in general. So I was wondering if this technique for sparging(?) would yield ~OK~ results, because this is what I did yesterday:
I only have 1 large kettle (no big cooler). So I brought my water up to 158-160 before adding 4lbs of grain, dropping the temperature to 155/154F. Removed from heat and covered with towels to insulate. At the end of the 60min mash, I remove & drip grain bag, and then placed the grains in a bowl for 10min while I heated the wort up to 172. Then I put grains in 172 wort for 5-10min, removed & dripped grains and washed grains with 1 quart of hot water from a smaller pot in order to get the most out of grains.
Without a second kettle or large cooler, is this ok? I realize that since I'm putting it in 172* wort that I'm probably not getting as much out of it because the wort is already concentrated compared to clean water, but that's why I figured a wash would get similar results.
I realize I won't get the best efficiency, I was more just hoping for better than just steeping. The grain was Caramel 40L, Munich, Biscuit, and small amount of Aromatic.
Thanks for thoughts - don't want to do it again if it's bad practice, or any suggestions would be nice.
I only have 1 large kettle (no big cooler). So I brought my water up to 158-160 before adding 4lbs of grain, dropping the temperature to 155/154F. Removed from heat and covered with towels to insulate. At the end of the 60min mash, I remove & drip grain bag, and then placed the grains in a bowl for 10min while I heated the wort up to 172. Then I put grains in 172 wort for 5-10min, removed & dripped grains and washed grains with 1 quart of hot water from a smaller pot in order to get the most out of grains.
Without a second kettle or large cooler, is this ok? I realize that since I'm putting it in 172* wort that I'm probably not getting as much out of it because the wort is already concentrated compared to clean water, but that's why I figured a wash would get similar results.
I realize I won't get the best efficiency, I was more just hoping for better than just steeping. The grain was Caramel 40L, Munich, Biscuit, and small amount of Aromatic.
Thanks for thoughts - don't want to do it again if it's bad practice, or any suggestions would be nice.