So last night I did a Janets Pale Ale partial mash.
First I brought 2 gallons of water up to my temp, and tossed in my grains. It came in just above the 150 I wanted to be at, so I added a little more cool water to bring it down.
I covered the pot, occasionally measured the temp, and adjusted the burner to keep it at 150 as needed.
I heated sparge water to 170.
I lined a bottle bucket with a grain bag, and dumped in my mash after just over an hour at being at 150.
I placed my kettle under the faucet for the bottle bucket aiming down into yet another finer grain bag that was clipped to my kettle, and drained slowly into that. Occasionally I would add more sparge water for a total of 2 more full gallons.
I ended up hitting 75% efficency with this. Not bad for using a stove and a bucket. I boiled witht this for my first 45, and added my extract with 15 minutes remaining. I am really looking forward to this beer.
First I brought 2 gallons of water up to my temp, and tossed in my grains. It came in just above the 150 I wanted to be at, so I added a little more cool water to bring it down.
I covered the pot, occasionally measured the temp, and adjusted the burner to keep it at 150 as needed.
I heated sparge water to 170.
I lined a bottle bucket with a grain bag, and dumped in my mash after just over an hour at being at 150.
I placed my kettle under the faucet for the bottle bucket aiming down into yet another finer grain bag that was clipped to my kettle, and drained slowly into that. Occasionally I would add more sparge water for a total of 2 more full gallons.
I ended up hitting 75% efficency with this. Not bad for using a stove and a bucket. I boiled witht this for my first 45, and added my extract with 15 minutes remaining. I am really looking forward to this beer.