That other beer

[Dynachrome]

I poured a second batch of grain on top of my first batch and mashed the whole thing a second time - to use up some old ingredients, the malt and the corn. ...and to have some beer on hand....

Dark wheat Xmas Beer (That other beer)

8lbs 2 row
1 Qt flaked corn
2/3 Qt Midnight wheat Malt Breiss #6459
2 lb Carapils
2 lb Cara 15L

First wort hop 1 oz dry whole leaf cascade 7% AA

1 oz pellet cascade 7% AA at start of boil

1 oz pellet Mount Hood 6.5% AA at 15 minutes to flame out

Mash @ 160 45 minutes


Boil for 45 minutes

St on back porch to cool

40 degrees - low of 30 tonight

Transfer to fermentor

8 gallons wort at 44 deg F

Specific gravity 1.041

http://www.brewersfriend.com/hydrometer-temp/

Converts to 1.040


I poured about a gallon of this into the Mexican Chocolate Stout due to fermentor space mostly and placed 1/2 gallon into a growler with a burp tube on top.

:fro:

 

[Pappers_]

Interesting, if I understand what you did correctly. You mashed, drained the wort, did the boil, etc. Then, on the same day, you added more grain to the already mashed grains and did another beer. Did I get that right?

 

[Shawn_Brewin]

What was the point of mashing the Grains a second time? just hopes of getting a little more Sugars extracted? think you might have extracted some Tannins as well in the process (from what i have read from other people) but i got my fingers crossed for ya! hahaha good luck!

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I think he did what Mosher refers to as a Doble Doble. Used the wort from a previous mash as the liquor for a second mash to increase the fermentables while minimizing real estate needed for a larger mash.

 

[Dynachrome]

Pappers got it. Two separate batches.

I've done it before. Never thought much about that it was different than anything I've heard of any other brewer doing - so far.

No, after collecting the wort from the first mash, I just placed the grains and fermentables on top of the first bed and re-mashed the whole bit. I did think I might have gotten a bit of extra left over fermentables.

Part of it was that I was already set up and running. Up here in Wisconsin it was dark and I only wanted to make one trip out to dump grain in my compost pile - in the dark...

I tasted the wort, my wife sampled it too, we think it will be pretty good easy drinking beer.

I did over-sparge and dropped my O.G. down, but that's OK as I usually under-sparge and end up with a brew that kicks my ass in a couple 22oz. bottles.

 

[jtratcliff]

That's a partigyle, capping the mash with more grains for the 2nd gyle.

 

[Dynachrome]

 

[Dynachrome]

That's a partigyle, capping the mash with more grains for the 2nd gyle.

I did say I had not heard of doing what I was doing. My reason was also a bit of a time saver - I went right into the second mash while the first batch was boiling.

Our local aficionados say the Party-Gyle is from one grain bed with separate sparges and boils for each sparge....

HBT Definition

...and, Pluto is a planet.

 

[jtratcliff]

What you did is called "capping the mash". Adding new grain to mash tun (and more time for conversion) before drawing off the runnings for your small beer. If you google for "partigyle cap the mash" you'll see plenty examples of this...

 

[Dynachrome]

Thanks for the clarification.

I used a full grain bed for a 6 gallon batch though.

I like your sig. I just rented "Fractals" from Netflix....

 

[Dynachrome]

The Mexican Christams Stout is capped, It is amazing.

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We're starting to bottle "That Other Beer" now. The F.G came in at 1.010 - dryer than I expected. It tastes fairly - well - like beer.

 

[Dynachrome]

I get 4% ABV.

 

[Dynachrome]

Priming sugar - I went with 4 oz - (2 per 4 gallon bottling bucket)

 

[Dynachrome]

This became wonderfully drinkable BTW.