chumprock
Well-Known Member
This weekend I tried making a 2gal. batch to test out some crazy ideas I had milling about.
I found out the hard way that a 3lb grain bill and sparging with 1.5 gallons using a 10 gallon igloo with a false bottom seems to have it's own set of problems. I had a stuck sparge that I just couldn't figure out and I'm only left to assume that the low volume and wide surface area were the contributors, since the crush was the same as every other batch I've made.
When you make partial or test batches, do you use the same equipment for mashing, or do you use something on a smaller scale?
I found out the hard way that a 3lb grain bill and sparging with 1.5 gallons using a 10 gallon igloo with a false bottom seems to have it's own set of problems. I had a stuck sparge that I just couldn't figure out and I'm only left to assume that the low volume and wide surface area were the contributors, since the crush was the same as every other batch I've made.
When you make partial or test batches, do you use the same equipment for mashing, or do you use something on a smaller scale?