I did my first All Grain mash yesterday using the Brew in a Bag method. I am trying to see if there is any difference between the resultant alcohol between AG and a sugar wash. I had to do the mash in two runs as I don't have large enough equipment. It was a lot of hard work. I really appreciate the simplicity of a sugar wash now. Depending on the outcome of this run I may be investing in a decent 3 vessel system as moving liquid around without a pump is not fun.
I made a 50 litre wash using 20kg JW pilsner malt. I ended up with a SG of 1.064. I decided to boil and add enzymes back to the wort as I wont be able to distill this until mid Jan. This was the recommendation from the HB Store.
Given the low-ish SG is there any harm in adding sugar into the wort to bring up the potential ABV? Also I am using EC-1118 yeast, how hard can I push this yeast? Is there any harm in aiming for a 10% abv wash?