Direct fired kettles with a false bottom and a pump to recirculate make step mashes pretty danged easy!
If I put a schedule like this together for a Pilsner (I am loving the first one I brewed, cheating by tasting it after only 2 days of lagering: delicious but cloudy), if I start at 1.3qt/#, step up to around 2qt/#, should I throw in a mash out and basically go no sparge, or skip the mashout out and batch sparge accordingly? Just curious, as I would just like to try it out to compare for myself
I’d skip the mashout and batch sparge. Next time, I’d try it no sparge and compare.
Thanks Denny, just what I was thinking