I just bought a converted cooler mash tun, and I am planning my first all-grain soon, but I don't have a sparge ring. What is the best way to sparge ?
Previously, with my partial mashes, I have simply poured all the grains into a large strainer and done it that way, but that doesn't seem very efficient, or practical, with the cooler.
I just bought a converted cooler mash tun, and I am planning my first all-grain soon, but I don't have a sparge ring. What is the best way to sparge ?
Previously, with my partial mashes, I have simply poured all the grains into a large strainer and done it that way, but that doesn't seem very efficient, or practical, with the cooler.
I batch sparge. Many of us with coolers do just that. I usually do it in two additions, dividing my sparge water in half. I add the first half, stir and let settle for a couple of minutes. Then, vorlauf, drain, repeat. It works fine, and and it's quick.
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I'm getting ready to try the whole batch sparging thing and have, what I hope will be, a quick question about water calculations. I'm using a 10gl pot with a false bottom. There is about 1.25gls of water that will fit under the false bottom, not dead space, before reaching the grain bed. I hope this is making sense. How do I take that into consideration when calculating my sparge water?
I'm getting ready to try the whole batch sparging thing and have, what I hope will be, a quick question about water calculations.
Batch sparge, and you don't have to guess. The calculation is one subtraction: after the first runoff, you see how much more wort you need. That's your sparge volume! Deadspace and grain absorption can be ignored.
Really!? Could it be that easy? That's great. I've looked at a ton of things on the net and all of them where a little confusing. I'll give that a shot! Thanks
I have the same gallon under the false bottom, I am lazy, I fly sparge with 5 gallons (for 5 gallon batches) rarely more, never less, I average 85% efficiency, batches get me from 6.5 - 8.5 gallons in the Keggle (depending on grain bill) I just adjust boil time based on runoff volume
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