ChadRabbit
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Does anyone else use this method. It seems a little unorthodox but has been working decently.
8 gal brew kettle
5 gal igloo mash tun
28" brew bag
I heat up the sparge water in the kettle and throw the grain bag inside of the mash tun like a liner. Dump the grain bill in the bag, then start adding the allotted sparge water. Stir like hell, mash for an hour.
Here's where it gets even more weird. Being that I only have one kettle I have to get the sparge out before I strike with the rest. So I usually drain the mash tun into a plastic fermenter bucket (cleansed and sanitized of course) and add the strike water that was in the brew kettle. I have to strike the grain twice due to limited space in my five gallon mash tun. Once the kettle is empty of all water, I dump all of the wort from the fermenter and the mash tun and begin my boil.
I usually hit in the 70% range with a double crush. Does this seem like a stupid idea or is it a viable method?
8 gal brew kettle
5 gal igloo mash tun
28" brew bag
I heat up the sparge water in the kettle and throw the grain bag inside of the mash tun like a liner. Dump the grain bill in the bag, then start adding the allotted sparge water. Stir like hell, mash for an hour.
Here's where it gets even more weird. Being that I only have one kettle I have to get the sparge out before I strike with the rest. So I usually drain the mash tun into a plastic fermenter bucket (cleansed and sanitized of course) and add the strike water that was in the brew kettle. I have to strike the grain twice due to limited space in my five gallon mash tun. Once the kettle is empty of all water, I dump all of the wort from the fermenter and the mash tun and begin my boil.
I usually hit in the 70% range with a double crush. Does this seem like a stupid idea or is it a viable method?