Two Brews in a day with my kit?

[WishboneBrewery]

I've got the house to myself tomorrow... sooo!! Maybe!!!
Two Brews in a day with my kit for two 12Litre batches? If I had a HLT this would be much easier!

With the Following:

• 38L stock pot boiler
• 15L Mash Tun
• Thermos Coolbox Mash Tun
• Two 5 Gallon FVs and a few various other buckets...

Should I...

• do two separate Mashes in the two sizes of Mash tun, meaning just one lot of Mash / Sparge liquor to prepare/heat.
• Or stick to the 15L Mash Tun and >Mash>Sparge>Collect>Mash>sparge>Collect

I'm Kind of thinking the latter as I could be starting to heat up the first Brew while the second brew's Mash is still Batch sparging its second run off.

Am I going to get confused or what!!!

The Prospective recipes for Saturday are:

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Bloody Nelson

Fermentable	Colour	lb: oz	Grams	Ratio
Golden Promise	5 EBC	4 lbs. 9.6 oz	2090 grams	80%
Wheat Malt	3.5 EBC	0 lbs. 9.1 oz	260 grams	10%
German Cara Red	50 EBC	0 lbs. 9.1 oz	260 grams	10%

Hop Variety	Type	Alpha	Time	lb: oz	grams	Ratio
Nelson Sauvin	Whole	11.3 %	60 mins	0 lbs. 0.4 oz	10 grams	33.3%
Nelson Sauvin	Whole	11.3 %	15 mins	0 lbs. 0.4 oz	10 grams	33.3%
Nelson Sauvin	Whole	11.3 %	0 mins	0 lbs. 0.4 oz	10 grams	33.3%

Final Volume:	12	Litres
Original Gravity:	1.048	
Final Gravity:	1.012	
Alcohol Content:	4.7%	ABV
Total Liquor:	18.8	Litres
Mash Liquor:	6.5	Litres
Mash Efficiency:	75	%
Bitterness:	34	EBU
Colour:	15	EBC

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Black Promise

Fermentable	Colour	lb: oz	Grams	Ratio
Golden Promise	5 EBC	4 lbs. 2.2 oz	1880 grams	80%
Wheat Malt	3.5 EBC	0 lbs. 9.1 oz	260 grams	11.1%
Black Malt	1100 EBC	0 lbs. 3.7 oz	100 grams	4.4%
Crystal Malt	120 EBC	0 lbs. 3.7 oz	100 grams	4.4%

Hop Variety	Type	Alpha	Time	lb: oz	grams	Ratio
Northdown	Whole	8.3 %	60 mins	0 lbs. 0.2 oz	5 grams	11.1%
Whitbread Golding	Whole	6.4 %	60 mins	0 lbs. 0.2 oz	5 grams	11.1%
Fuggle	Whole	4.9 %	60 mins	0 lbs. 0.2 oz	5 grams	11.1%
Whitbread Golding	Whole	6.4 %	20 mins	0 lbs. 0.4 oz	10 grams	22.2%
Fuggle	Whole	4.9 %	10 mins	0 lbs. 0.7 oz	21 grams	44.4%

Final Volume:	12	Litres
Original Gravity:	1.044	
Final Gravity:	1.012	
Alcohol Content:	4.1%	ABV
Total Liquor:	18.5	Litres
Mash Liquor:	5.9	Litres
Mash Efficiency:	75	%
Bitterness:	36	EBU
Colour:	86	EBC

[196osh]

do two separate Mashes in the two sizes of Mash tun, meaning just one lot of Mash / Sparge liquor to prepare/heat.

This option by far, saves you the time of a mash essentially. Just collect the pre boil for them both and stick one in an FV. Boil and chill. Clean the boiler boil again.

Sounds fun.

[WishboneBrewery]

I'm just not sure if I'll get a load of heat loss in the bigger tun with such a small amount of grain...???

Grains just prep'd
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pdtnc/4120022460/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pdtnc/4120021892/

[196osh]

How much grain would it be? Also I once did a mini mash in a cool box.

The way I insulated it was to wrap a cushion in loads of clingfilm to add insulation and then put it at the top of the mash.


Worked a treat. But Is not exactly high tech.

[WishboneBrewery]

Yeah, I could pop a bit of Camping mat on top of the mash, I've got a lump of Kingspan that I can put in my smaller tun... Its only about 2.6kg of grain.

[Whorst]

What I'd like to do is brew two five gallon batches in the same day. Start with a wort at about 1.090 and dilute with half water in two fermenters.

[WishboneBrewery]

It was half tempting to just do one big pale malt mash and split it. and add the steepables in the boiler.