Jims New Brew
Apprentice
I will be brewing my first Extract plus steeped grains batch tomorrow. I brew 2.75 Gal. batches and Beersmith calls for a full boil volume of 3.18 Gal. I plan to put 1.5 Gal. water into my brew kettle and heat it up to 164 F then put my specialty grains (in a bag) into the pot to steep for about 30 minutes. While they are steeping, I plan to heat 1.5 Gal. in another pot to 160 F. I will rinse or sparge the grain bag in this second pot of water. The sparge water will be added to the brew pot for a total of approximately 3.0 Gal. I would then need to add approximately 0.18 gal to top off the brew pot to the specified 3.18 Gal. and would then add my extract.
Here is my question.
Just to save some time, I would like to add the extract to the 1.5 Gal. of steeped tea in the boil pot while the grain bag is sparging in the other pot. I would then add the sparge water to the boil pot containing the tea and extract then top off the boil pot to the 3.18 Gal. Do you see any problem in doing it this way? I can't see how it would make much of a difference.
Thanks,
Jim
Here is my question.
Just to save some time, I would like to add the extract to the 1.5 Gal. of steeped tea in the boil pot while the grain bag is sparging in the other pot. I would then add the sparge water to the boil pot containing the tea and extract then top off the boil pot to the 3.18 Gal. Do you see any problem in doing it this way? I can't see how it would make much of a difference.
Thanks,
Jim