Common Ward were counting on you man! Someone's gotta brew it .Alright..gonna hafta drill down on this idea...
Actually I think @AHarper might like the idea?
Or even @Josh Hughes maybe on a whim hmmm?
Common Ward were counting on you man! Someone's gotta brew it .Alright..gonna hafta drill down on this idea...
Looks good! - I have three recommendations:Thinking of adding a Scottish Ale to my repertoire, this one caught my eye, let me know what you think!
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/662463/highland-hop-scotch-peated-wee-heavy-
Common Ward were counting on you man! Someone's gotta brew it .
More food for thought and this isn't my idea I borrowed it from. @jmcnamara you could do a side boil of your first runnings let's say 1/2 gal in a little pot.I started drilling and my first hurdle is how much water will get me to a 5 1/2 gallon batch of strong stuff from a 17 pound grain bill on my system using my process and ratios for mashing and sparging. I'm finding that with 65% of my normal water requirements (1.5 qt/# mash and 2 qt/# sparge) and losses in grain absorption (1 pt/#)and boil off loss (2 gal/hr) staying constant, I'm in the ballpark that I've been reading about for a split 50/50 volume batch where 60% of your sugars are in your first half of the gyle, 40 % is in the second half.
Experimental Brewing's Drew Beechum cited those proportions along with the other split of 1/3:2/3 where 2/3 of the sugars will be in the first 1/3 of wort and the remaining 1/3 of the sugars will come out in the second running using the remaining hot liquor.I
Now I gotta figure out if my 10 gallon mash tun cash hold the 17# of grain and the 6 or so gallons of hot liquor...math and beer....whowooda thunk it?
I'd help with the math but I haven't even finished my 1st cup o' coffee lol. Keep us posted - equations and all!I started drilling and my first hurdle is how much water will get me to a 5 1/2 gallon batch of strong stuff from a 17 pound grain bill on my system using my process and ratios for mashing and sparging. I'm finding that with 65% of my normal water requirements (1.5 qt/# mash and 2 qt/# sparge) and losses in grain absorption (1 pt/#)and boil off loss (2 gal/hr) staying constant, I'm in the ballpark that I've been reading about for a split 50/50 volume batch where 60% of your sugars are in your first half of the gyle, 40 % is in the second half.
Experimental Brewing's Drew Beechum cited those proportions along with the other split of 1/3:2/3 where 2/3 of the sugars will be in the first 1/3 of wort and the remaining 1/3 of the sugars will come out in the second running using the remaining hot liquor.I
Now I gotta figure out if my 10 gallon mash tun cash hold the 17# of grain and the 6 or so gallons of hot liquor...math and beer....whowooda thunk it?
More food for thought and this isn't my idea I borrowed it from. @jmcnamara you could do a side boil of your first runnings let's say 1/2 gal in a little pot.
You boil this down to a syrup and add this back to your main boil at end of fermentation.
Did this on a Porter.
Now that's gunna make volumes a real PITA.
But it will give you a big flavour boost...
Yeah ive gotta have another crack at it for sure been too long!I do this as well on my Wee Heavy and my W00t Stout
Would only depend on sparge gravity towards end suspected tannin extraction below what is it 1.010 gravity but this is brewing superstition.Ya know, some times I'm glad I have a long commute...I may have had a an epiphany on this driving home today... anyhow...check me here gang....if the 4 gallons of strike water will not fit in the tun with that 17 pounds of grain for the first runnings...why can't I make it up in the sparge?
Ya know, some times I'm glad I have a long commute...I may have had a an epiphany on this driving home today... anyhow...check me here gang....if the 4 gallons of strike water will not fit in the tun with that 17 pounds of grain for the first runnings...why can't I make it up in the sparge?
Exactly how I get my 5.5 gallons into the fermenter with my Brewzilla 35. 6.25 gallons to mash, but almost 2 gallons lost to grain absorption, so 1.75 gallons sparge and I'm good to go.Ya know, some times I'm glad I have a long commute...I may have had a an epiphany on this driving home today... anyhow...check me here gang....if the 4 gallons of strike water will not fit in the tun with that 17 pounds of grain for the first runnings...why can't I make it up in the sparge?
Exactly how I get my 5.5 gallons into the fermenter with my Brewzilla 35. 6.25 gallons to mash, but almost 2 gallons lost to grain absorption, so 1.75 gallons sparge and I'm good to go.
And i have no control over temperature.