[HopDen]

I am going to make a big beer and I don't want to mash twice. I don't have enough room to add all of the grain and all of the strike water with a  1.25qts to 1 pound ratio but I think I can if I use a 1:1 ratio. Is using a 1:1 ratio too thick of a mash? Will it affect conversion? Will it affect mash temp?

[BrewBama]

Probably not. If so give it more time.

Have you considered adding sugar(s) or extract to hit those final gravity points vs mashing so much grain?

[HopDen]

Probably not. If so give it more time.

Have you considered adding sugar(s) or extract to hit those final gravity points vs mashing so much grain?

I already have some sugar built into the recipe so not an option on this one.

[denny]

I've found that it really doesn't matter much.  I've gone as low as .66 and as high as 3

[HopDen]

I've found that it really doesn't matter much.  I've gone as low as .66 and as high as 3

So I use a HERMS system and I will incorporate rice hulls. I don't know how you mash but did you experience a sluggish/stuck recirculation when mashing at such a low ratio?  What styles were you brewing with those mash ratios respectively ?

[Bob357]

In cases like that, I sub in DME for some of the base malt to make the mash more manageable.

[RC]

No hulls needed unless you are using a large amount of unhusked grains. 1:1 ratio is fine. Boosting the OG with DME is useful in cases like this. Big beers are typically thicker beers, and this is where supplementing with DME is a good idea, as Bob357 stated, because DME can add some thickness.

[HopDen]

Thanks for the suggestions. I didn't think of using DME.