I'm looking to do an AG, 5 gal batch of barley wine.
Im doing a modified version of Jamil's English Barley Wine recipe.
OG at 60% efficiency will be 1.104 with 23lbs of grain.
According to BeerSmith, I need 9.6 gallons of water to get 6.7 gal pre boil volume.
I have a 10gal igloo cooler mash tun.
I cannot fit 9.6 gal of water and 23lbs of grain in that mash tun.
Can I mash in with say, 6 gallons of water (1.04 qt/lb) and after conversion, do a fly sparge of the remaining 3.6 gal of water (at 170 degrees) while draining off my "first runnings"?
How would this be different than doing a full volume, "thinner" mash in a larger mash tun. I really dont want to have to convert a larger cooler if I can get away with it.
Anyone have any experience with doing this?
Im doing a modified version of Jamil's English Barley Wine recipe.
OG at 60% efficiency will be 1.104 with 23lbs of grain.
According to BeerSmith, I need 9.6 gallons of water to get 6.7 gal pre boil volume.
I have a 10gal igloo cooler mash tun.
I cannot fit 9.6 gal of water and 23lbs of grain in that mash tun.
Can I mash in with say, 6 gallons of water (1.04 qt/lb) and after conversion, do a fly sparge of the remaining 3.6 gal of water (at 170 degrees) while draining off my "first runnings"?
How would this be different than doing a full volume, "thinner" mash in a larger mash tun. I really dont want to have to convert a larger cooler if I can get away with it.
Anyone have any experience with doing this?