bigbanko
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Hi All
Been a while since I last posted here and have a question for the more experienced guys here.
As brew day is a fairly time consuming process I quite often brew twice so I have enough brew to fill a 19 L and 23 L keg.
What I would like to do is brew only once, ferment in a 60L fermenter and have enough beer to fill both kegs (42L). What stops me from doing this is my mash tun is only 30 litters and boil pot 45 litres.
What I would like to know would it be ok have a grain and hops bill for a 42 liter batch, but only using the water qty for a 26 litter batch.
This way I would have a sort of concentrated wort of 26 litters I would then add this to the 60L fermenter and top up with water to the 42L mark.(extra 16 litters of water)
I would then pitch a double yeast starter and ferment away.
As I mostly do pale ales and the odd amber ale, does anyone see any problems with what I describe above and if so maybe a way around it.
Cheers
Been a while since I last posted here and have a question for the more experienced guys here.
As brew day is a fairly time consuming process I quite often brew twice so I have enough brew to fill a 19 L and 23 L keg.
What I would like to do is brew only once, ferment in a 60L fermenter and have enough beer to fill both kegs (42L). What stops me from doing this is my mash tun is only 30 litters and boil pot 45 litres.
What I would like to know would it be ok have a grain and hops bill for a 42 liter batch, but only using the water qty for a 26 litter batch.
This way I would have a sort of concentrated wort of 26 litters I would then add this to the 60L fermenter and top up with water to the 42L mark.(extra 16 litters of water)
I would then pitch a double yeast starter and ferment away.
As I mostly do pale ales and the odd amber ale, does anyone see any problems with what I describe above and if so maybe a way around it.
Cheers