vlbaby
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Gday guys,
I'm thinking of tackling a AG high gravity beer next, but a question has come to mind that i have been unable to find the answer for.
My recipe calls for 10kg of grain to make 25L at 1.088SG. If I was making an ordinary beer, 10 KG of grain would make close to 50L of beer if i sparged it as normal. If I am to acheive a SG of 1.088 at 25L ( post boil of course), do I only collect the first runnings of the wort and waste the rest? Or do I collect the runnings as normal and boil the wort down until it hits a higher gravity?
What technique is generally employed here?
BTW I am a batch sparger.
Thanks
vl.
I'm thinking of tackling a AG high gravity beer next, but a question has come to mind that i have been unable to find the answer for.
My recipe calls for 10kg of grain to make 25L at 1.088SG. If I was making an ordinary beer, 10 KG of grain would make close to 50L of beer if i sparged it as normal. If I am to acheive a SG of 1.088 at 25L ( post boil of course), do I only collect the first runnings of the wort and waste the rest? Or do I collect the runnings as normal and boil the wort down until it hits a higher gravity?
What technique is generally employed here?
BTW I am a batch sparger.
Thanks
vl.