One consequence of a low alcohol brew is having a thinner mash as there is less grain and in sparging. I'm going to try a qt/lb ratio of mash water in qts to lbs of grain of 2. This is quite thin but hopefully still in acceptable range. When fly sparging i'll watch the SG of the last runnings...

I've made stouts/porters (all grain) for years but would like to reduce the alcohol content without affecting the taste too much. I'd like to end with say 3.5%-4%. Do I reduce the 2 row but keep the flavored malts etc. use the Brewer's Friend recipe calculator so my OG is much lower? What do I...