rodabod
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I'm possibly going to have another brew day tomorrow, and this time it's going to be a barley wine.
Shooting for 1105 OG, only from grain.... It's going to be tricky.
Main constraint seems to be mash tun volume. I have a 24L mash tun, and I believe the limit of strike-water/grist ratio is about 2L/Kilo.
So, I reckon I can just about fit 9Kg grain and 18L of water in there, and then only use the first runnings for my wort.
No idea how it might actually tun out though. I've estimated 50% efficiency as it gets harder extract sugars when the water becomes that saturated. Also, it's not that likely I will be sparging unless I really overshoot this target.... Play it by ear, I guess.
Anyone have any advice?
Shooting for 1105 OG, only from grain.... It's going to be tricky.
Main constraint seems to be mash tun volume. I have a 24L mash tun, and I believe the limit of strike-water/grist ratio is about 2L/Kilo.
So, I reckon I can just about fit 9Kg grain and 18L of water in there, and then only use the first runnings for my wort.
No idea how it might actually tun out though. I've estimated 50% efficiency as it gets harder extract sugars when the water becomes that saturated. Also, it's not that likely I will be sparging unless I really overshoot this target.... Play it by ear, I guess.
Anyone have any advice?