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kbowman · 10-25-2012, 10:14 PM

I just set a colander on top of my cooler. Nothing to make or buy. But maybe that's not the point..

theQ · 10-26-2012, 09:14 PM

I am new to this as I am building my station I'm learning.

So that was a question I had from the beginning: Why do I need to spray water around, doesn't the water cools off if I drip it out reducing the extraction power ? So your answer answers it.

So the main idea with sparging is to saturate the grains with hot water to push more sugar out of the crashed grains. So I don't really need an arm.

When do I start the sparging ? Do I do it while I am getting the wort out ?

My best,
Q

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Originally Posted by zachattack

I'd just like to point out at that tons of fly spargers (myself included) just flow sparge water from the HLT in slowly, with no sparge arm. If you want you can curl the tube around the inner wall of the MLT. I usually get 82% efficiency, and haven't noticed any channeling along the cooler wall. Just keep the water an inch or two above the grain bed.

Bradzukie · 10-26-2012, 09:31 PM

This is my setup. Cost about $0.45 for the tee. Works great. Before this I used a collander for my sparging.