His Dudeness
Apprentice
Hi guys!
My oven (with electric crappy elements) isn't powerful enough to boil a 5 gallon batch (I've tried to split it in different pots but it take an AWFUL lot of time). So usually I boil on a burner OUTSIDE, 'cause it's simpler, and nice. But I live in Canada, and winter is quite something. So I don't brew in winter, 'cause it waste so much propane. But, we're having a really cold march month, and now I NEED to brew.
So I'll be doing a double gravity 2.5 gallon mash (my oven could handle this at least) and then top it up with water.
I've got a coleman cooler and I always mash with batch sparge. But this time, I want to make a beer with lot of residual sugars. So I would like to have a Full Body mash with Mash Out. Since I should sparge with about 3 gallons, when I add mash out option, it give me ONLY 1L of sparge, 'cause I need about about 3 gallons of boiling water to get to Mash Out temperature.
So should I mash out? Will a Fully Body will be enough to have residual sugars?
What do you guys think?
Thanks a lot.
My oven (with electric crappy elements) isn't powerful enough to boil a 5 gallon batch (I've tried to split it in different pots but it take an AWFUL lot of time). So usually I boil on a burner OUTSIDE, 'cause it's simpler, and nice. But I live in Canada, and winter is quite something. So I don't brew in winter, 'cause it waste so much propane. But, we're having a really cold march month, and now I NEED to brew.
So I'll be doing a double gravity 2.5 gallon mash (my oven could handle this at least) and then top it up with water.
I've got a coleman cooler and I always mash with batch sparge. But this time, I want to make a beer with lot of residual sugars. So I would like to have a Full Body mash with Mash Out. Since I should sparge with about 3 gallons, when I add mash out option, it give me ONLY 1L of sparge, 'cause I need about about 3 gallons of boiling water to get to Mash Out temperature.
So should I mash out? Will a Fully Body will be enough to have residual sugars?
What do you guys think?
Thanks a lot.