Sorry about the late replycoatesg wrote:Sounds like a goodunDone well to get it down to 1020 from the SG too!
Re the coolbox size - the other option is (instead of parti-gyle) go a-la method 2b in the Durden Park book - take the first lot of runnings until you're 15 points under target. Then continue sparging until you're 50 below the target SG - and then boil the second batch down until you're 15 points under the target gravity - then combine the lot and boil normally arriving at the target. Of course, it adds a fair bit of time to the brewday, but whether it'd be quicker than using the second lot as an ordinary stout, I don't know...! (I managed to get 4 gallons of IRS out of a 24 litre coolbox before at 1090 - though I don;t recommend it
That does sound interesting but I batch sparge, so I an hitting a single gravity
