kjung

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YooperBrew

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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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BuffaloSabresBrewer

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Get a toilet supply line with a stainless steel braid.
Cut the ends off and push the braid off of the plastic tube.
Get a few stainless steel pipe clamps and check out this.
I did something very similar to this and it works fantastic.

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Hydraman

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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?

Thanks for any help

944play

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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.

I usually do two batches.

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Hydraman

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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

BierMuncher

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Fly sparging is easiest when you start all grain brewing.

If you decide to move to fly sparging, it's really not that difficult and a simple bucket will do the trick:

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budbo

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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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