ronjonacron
Well-Known Member
So ive only ever brewed either extract steeping or all grain. With my 5 gallon mash tun im limited to about 14 pound grain bills with a pretty thick mash (about 1 qt per lb). Logic tells me, to get the bigger beers i very seldom want to make, i should just make up the base grain with some extract. In example, instead of 18 lb of base grain i would mash say 9 poumds of grain and use (roughly, i know there are charts for converting grain - liquid - dry extract) 9 pounds of extract in my boil.
Assuming this is all on the right track, is there anything i need to consider when adding extract to get the og i desire? Hop utilization? Or anything that may not seem blatanly obvious?
My gut tells me that it's really this simple, but i wanted to double check before get next years RIS going.
Edit- whoops, this was supposed to be titled partial mash... dang you hbt for not.letting me edit the thread title!!!
Assuming this is all on the right track, is there anything i need to consider when adding extract to get the og i desire? Hop utilization? Or anything that may not seem blatanly obvious?
My gut tells me that it's really this simple, but i wanted to double check before get next years RIS going.
Edit- whoops, this was supposed to be titled partial mash... dang you hbt for not.letting me edit the thread title!!!