Use for 2.5 lbs of grain in 3.5 gallons of water?

[funky_brewster]

I'm transitioning to partial mash and goofed on the amount of strike water, so I've now got 2 # of vienna and 1/2 # of 10L Crystal in 3.5 gallons of water at about 160* F.

I'm taking a ride to my LHBS to grab a new bag of grains, but is there anything I can do with this "partial mush"? This was for a repeat of EdWorts Haus Pale as a matter of process tuning, and this is no way to start.

Could I use the water strained and up to temp for sparging?

Thanks for any suggestion!

-funky

 

[david_42]

Way late, but I've done many a PM with grain/water ratios that high. You don't need to sparge at all.

 

[funky_brewster]

Ahhh, figures. It seemed like the measurements for how much water to use in the mash were pretty specific, with warnings of killing the efficiency if you use too much.

I ended up using the excess "water" (technically wort) for the sparge, to make use of the bit of sugars that were extracted.

Hopefully I won't make this mistake again, but thanks for the heads up that I probably would have been OK!