Fly vs batch sparge - Page 3

**tre9er** · 02-06-2012, 07:27 PM

We did a 3-part batch sparge this weekend on a 10-gallon batch of Honey Wheat. Here's what we did:

Vorlauf 3 pitchers full of wort back into mash tun (or until wort runs w/o chunks, etc).
Lauter the wort from mash tun into BK.
Add 1/3 of the sparge water, stir well, vorlauf, lauter.
Repeat until sparge water gone and all wort in BK.

beerman0001 · 02-06-2012, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jgroesbeck

- lauter the mash tun, then add half the sparge water to the grain bed
***Lauter as in empty the mash tun, placing the wort into the brew pot before adding ~ half the sparge water?

I'm just getting into home brewing and my first two brews (AG) were sparged slightly different from each other. If nothing else, I'm just tweaking my process to maximize efficiency

Thanks,
JG

Yes empty the mash tun.