Hey! I am looking to brew a 12 gallon batch of Festbier inside of my small apartment. It should be quite a challenge, but where is the fun without a bit if ingenuity?
Lets go through some of my equipment first:
1, 40qt mash tun
1, ~7.5 Gallon Kettle
2, ~ 2.5 Gallon Pots
Various Food Grade Buckets
1, 20 Gallon Tub for holding ice baths for cooling
1, Fermentation Freezer
1, 15 gallon fermentation vat
Now for the recipe for a single 6 gallon batch:
9 lbs 8.0 oz----Pilsen (BestMälz)-----------(1.8 SRM)----70.4 %
2 lbs------------Vienna (BestMälz)----------(4.1 SRM)----14.8 %
1 lbs------------Munich (BestMälz)----------(7.6 SRM)----7.4 %
1 lbs------------Munich Dark (BestMälz)----(12.7 SRM)---7.4 %
1.50 oz---------Saaz [3.80 %]----Boil 60.0 min 18.5 IBUs
0.38 oz---------Saaz [3.80 %]----Boil 25.0 min 3.2 IBUs
0.38 oz---------Saaz [3.80 %]----Boil 15.0 min 2.3 IBUs
1.0 pkg---------German Bock Lager---------(White Labs #WLP833) ( I did a two step starter, stir plate->2.5 gallon)
So there are two methods that can be valid as I see it, either I can do 2, 6 gallon batches back to back, mash one batch while the other is boiling, etc.
The other method is the one that I am actually thinking of, mash it all together in one batch using a Schmit Process or a Triple Decoction since the mash tun will be very full with 27lbs of grain at 1.15 qts/lb mash thickness.
The question is, what should I do after the mash? I could collect my first 6 gallons inside of my kettle and start boiling it while continuing to collect wort inside of my buckets and other pots, and once the first boil is done, I could begin to boil the other wort inside of my other pots. Then let it all cool down and get to business as usual.
I might be able to boil 6 gallon in one kettle, and around 4.5 gallons in the two small kettles on the same stove, but I really don't like running all four of the gas burners full tilt for that long.
So that is where I am starting to wonder what I should do. I am a fan of the idea of mashing it all together in a single batch since that will cut down on cleaning out the mash tun twice, and I can get the benefits of doing a decoration mash on all of the grain.
Thanks!
Lets go through some of my equipment first:
1, 40qt mash tun
1, ~7.5 Gallon Kettle
2, ~ 2.5 Gallon Pots
Various Food Grade Buckets
1, 20 Gallon Tub for holding ice baths for cooling
1, Fermentation Freezer
1, 15 gallon fermentation vat
Now for the recipe for a single 6 gallon batch:
9 lbs 8.0 oz----Pilsen (BestMälz)-----------(1.8 SRM)----70.4 %
2 lbs------------Vienna (BestMälz)----------(4.1 SRM)----14.8 %
1 lbs------------Munich (BestMälz)----------(7.6 SRM)----7.4 %
1 lbs------------Munich Dark (BestMälz)----(12.7 SRM)---7.4 %
1.50 oz---------Saaz [3.80 %]----Boil 60.0 min 18.5 IBUs
0.38 oz---------Saaz [3.80 %]----Boil 25.0 min 3.2 IBUs
0.38 oz---------Saaz [3.80 %]----Boil 15.0 min 2.3 IBUs
1.0 pkg---------German Bock Lager---------(White Labs #WLP833) ( I did a two step starter, stir plate->2.5 gallon)
So there are two methods that can be valid as I see it, either I can do 2, 6 gallon batches back to back, mash one batch while the other is boiling, etc.
The other method is the one that I am actually thinking of, mash it all together in one batch using a Schmit Process or a Triple Decoction since the mash tun will be very full with 27lbs of grain at 1.15 qts/lb mash thickness.
The question is, what should I do after the mash? I could collect my first 6 gallons inside of my kettle and start boiling it while continuing to collect wort inside of my buckets and other pots, and once the first boil is done, I could begin to boil the other wort inside of my other pots. Then let it all cool down and get to business as usual.
I might be able to boil 6 gallon in one kettle, and around 4.5 gallons in the two small kettles on the same stove, but I really don't like running all four of the gas burners full tilt for that long.
So that is where I am starting to wonder what I should do. I am a fan of the idea of mashing it all together in a single batch since that will cut down on cleaning out the mash tun twice, and I can get the benefits of doing a decoration mash on all of the grain.
Thanks!