dermotstratton
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I just bought a copy of Beer Smith and I'm a little confused about the way it is setting up my batch sparge.
I am brewing a recipe with 8 lbs. of grain and 1 lb of rice hulls.
I am using the standard 5 gallon Igloo cooler for a mash tun and a Keggle as a boil pot.
When I set this up for the "Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge", it is suggesting the following:
Total Water needed - 7.85 gallons
Mash - 1.87 gallons of water at 171 F
Drain Mash Tun, Batch Sparge with 3 steps (2.01 gal, 2.01 gal, 2.01 gal)
This is suggesting a water (qt.) : grain (lb.) ratio of 0.875:1. I always thought you should aim for a ratio of 1.5:1. Isn't the mash going to be way to thick?
Then is suggest a 3 step sparge. Why is it 3 steps instead of two 3 gallon sparges?
Is there a way to change the water:grain ratio used in the calculation? Is there a way to reduce the # of sparges?
Thanks!
I am brewing a recipe with 8 lbs. of grain and 1 lb of rice hulls.
I am using the standard 5 gallon Igloo cooler for a mash tun and a Keggle as a boil pot.
When I set this up for the "Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge", it is suggesting the following:
Total Water needed - 7.85 gallons
Mash - 1.87 gallons of water at 171 F
Drain Mash Tun, Batch Sparge with 3 steps (2.01 gal, 2.01 gal, 2.01 gal)
This is suggesting a water (qt.) : grain (lb.) ratio of 0.875:1. I always thought you should aim for a ratio of 1.5:1. Isn't the mash going to be way to thick?
Then is suggest a 3 step sparge. Why is it 3 steps instead of two 3 gallon sparges?
Is there a way to change the water:grain ratio used in the calculation? Is there a way to reduce the # of sparges?
Thanks!