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so when I'm lautering I just stop at my desired gallon quantity and may not sparge as much with that much grain to have the higher gravity?

Hey all, New to brewing and a concept I am having an issue grasping is increasing the grain bill to increase gravity. Looking at recipes for example for a 5 gallon pale ale using 8.5 pounds of grain will give an OG of 1.047 but if it increased to lets say 12 pounds it becomes 1.062. So my...