Hayden123982
Well-Known Member
So last weekend, I had planned for a big brew day with ~25lbs of grain, close to 50% rye malt. In order to not worry much about a stuck mash, I planned for a BIAB in my 9 gallon kettle. Worst case, I would use ~1qt/lb for my mash thickness.
First thing to go wrong was as I was filling my kettle, I realized no way was this going to fit... but I was okay with this since I could just get a small side mash going if needed. Then I came to the realization that I hadn't even placed my mesh bag in the kettle
So I dumped the whole mash into my mash tun and topped if off to increase my mash thickness knowing I was in for a rough one once it was time to sparge. My first mash step was a protein rest at 122 and I needed to get up to 152 with no extra infusions. So began my extended brew session which was now going to be a decoction day. Ended up doing a double decoction 122->152->168 and to round the day off, I figured why not get a second batch of beer out of it for my efforts. Recipe below!
Ryewine:
2-row 11#
rye malt 11#
light munich 3#
crystal 60L 1#
crystal 120L 0.5#
Clear candi sugar 1#
columbus 1.5oz 60 mins
saaz 1.5 oz 15 mins
OG: 1.085
Imperial Joystick @ 61, ramping to 66 over first week
Partigyle (roggenbier?):
Second runnings
Wheat DME 3#
EKG 1.5oz 35 mins
OG:1.051
Imperial Stefon @ 66F ramping to 70-72 over 2-4 days
First thing to go wrong was as I was filling my kettle, I realized no way was this going to fit... but I was okay with this since I could just get a small side mash going if needed. Then I came to the realization that I hadn't even placed my mesh bag in the kettle
So I dumped the whole mash into my mash tun and topped if off to increase my mash thickness knowing I was in for a rough one once it was time to sparge. My first mash step was a protein rest at 122 and I needed to get up to 152 with no extra infusions. So began my extended brew session which was now going to be a decoction day. Ended up doing a double decoction 122->152->168 and to round the day off, I figured why not get a second batch of beer out of it for my efforts. Recipe below!
Ryewine:
2-row 11#
rye malt 11#
light munich 3#
crystal 60L 1#
crystal 120L 0.5#
Clear candi sugar 1#
columbus 1.5oz 60 mins
saaz 1.5 oz 15 mins
OG: 1.085
Imperial Joystick @ 61, ramping to 66 over first week
Partigyle (roggenbier?):
Second runnings
Wheat DME 3#
EKG 1.5oz 35 mins
OG:1.051
Imperial Stefon @ 66F ramping to 70-72 over 2-4 days