Magnus314
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OK, I promised these results, and here they are. I made a Budweiser-style beer this weekend. 10 gallon batch.
I boiled 4 gal water with 5# rice for 10 min (in the bag, would do 20 min next time), added about 3 gal cool water down to strike temp and stirred in barley.
Mashed in at 157*, put the lid on and went to my wife's brother's baby shower. Dudes in one building and girls in another. Weak, I know, don't get me started. BUT I caught two serious sized largemouth on a frog lure in the lake behind his house, so it wasn't too bad
Came home 4+ hours later and heated to mash out at 168.
Pour over sparged ~7 gals (@150ish degrees, all I had). Poured 1 gal, let it drain a little, poured another, etc. Took about 10min total.
Boiled 75 mins by timing accident (forgot 2nd hop addition and whirlfloc until too late).
Chilled using a pump and the r/o waste water through an immersion coil chiller, down to 70*. Pitched s04 slurry and into chiller.
After all, I UNDER sparged about 1.5 gallons, and ended up with 10 gallons even (after leaving the whirlpool cone behind) in the fermenters (and I usually shoot for 11 gals/5.5 in each).
86% efficiency and clear, sweet wort. I have gotten 81 -88% efficiency on this recipe in the past, and with 1-1.5 gallons undersparged I'd guess I maxed out my efficiency.
I am now a pour over sparge BIAB brewer.
I boiled 4 gal water with 5# rice for 10 min (in the bag, would do 20 min next time), added about 3 gal cool water down to strike temp and stirred in barley.
Mashed in at 157*, put the lid on and went to my wife's brother's baby shower. Dudes in one building and girls in another. Weak, I know, don't get me started. BUT I caught two serious sized largemouth on a frog lure in the lake behind his house, so it wasn't too bad
Came home 4+ hours later and heated to mash out at 168.
Pour over sparged ~7 gals (@150ish degrees, all I had). Poured 1 gal, let it drain a little, poured another, etc. Took about 10min total.
Boiled 75 mins by timing accident (forgot 2nd hop addition and whirlfloc until too late).
Chilled using a pump and the r/o waste water through an immersion coil chiller, down to 70*. Pitched s04 slurry and into chiller.
After all, I UNDER sparged about 1.5 gallons, and ended up with 10 gallons even (after leaving the whirlpool cone behind) in the fermenters (and I usually shoot for 11 gals/5.5 in each).
86% efficiency and clear, sweet wort. I have gotten 81 -88% efficiency on this recipe in the past, and with 1-1.5 gallons undersparged I'd guess I maxed out my efficiency.
I am now a pour over sparge BIAB brewer.
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