Twofox
Well-Known Member
I've been formulating a wee heavy recipe, and have been researching a bunch. I still have 1 question about boil volume and time, hopefully someone can help.
I have a 5 gallon AG rig, 15 gallon mash tun, so it goes like this:
Mash with 6 gallons (17+ lbs grain)
First runnings between 3.5 and 4 gallons
Boil down 1 gallon for carmelization
Leaves me with 2.5 - 3 gallons first runnings
Sparge 6-8 gallons
Boil volume 7-7.5 gallons (8 gallon pot)
Boil time 90 mins.
Does that sound like it will work for a wee heavy?
I've heard alot about boiling 10 gallons down to 5, but I can't do that on my rig.
Thanks!
I have a 5 gallon AG rig, 15 gallon mash tun, so it goes like this:
Mash with 6 gallons (17+ lbs grain)
First runnings between 3.5 and 4 gallons
Boil down 1 gallon for carmelization
Leaves me with 2.5 - 3 gallons first runnings
Sparge 6-8 gallons
Boil volume 7-7.5 gallons (8 gallon pot)
Boil time 90 mins.
Does that sound like it will work for a wee heavy?
I've heard alot about boiling 10 gallons down to 5, but I can't do that on my rig.
Thanks!