Tons of Rye, Huge Grain Bill

[smithmd4]

50% rye, shooting for 1.090, in an 10 gallon round cooler with false bottom.

Is this a good idea? No, no it is not.

For those with wild ideas like myself, a pound of rice hulls for 21lbs of grain is not enough. I'm blowing through my 2nd hour of sparging now, but I will defeat this beast for I grow stronger with every stir of this cement mash.

So note to self and anyone with balls/lack of brains to attempt something similar: you should probably* use more rice hulls and do a beta glucan rest. And a mash out. Maybe.

This is going to be a tasty beer, but quite the challenge at the moment.

*I mean definitely. You should definitely do that.

 

[RM-MN]

Line your mash tun with Swiss voille curtain material and when the runnings stop running pull the curtain material together at the top to form a "bag" and lift it. That will give you much more filter area. If it still won't run, squeeze the wort out of it. You can do this with 60% rye in the mash.

 

[smithmd4]

Interesting idea. I have a feeling this will be a repeat brew, so I may have to try that next time. Only took 3 hrs and getting the grain bed past 160* halfway through, but I got there!

Missed gravity by a few points but was within my accepted margin since this is my 1st time maxing out the mash tun.

Anyone else have any tricks for maxing out with rye?

 

[Setesh]

BIAB (Brew In A Bag) is how I've seen people get around the gummy/gooey problems that rye can bring.

 

[RM-MN]

BIAB (Brew In A Bag) is how I've seen people get around the gummy/gooey problems that rye can bring.

Shhh. I'm trying to ease him into it.