mparmer
Well-Known Member
does the water that is used in the "rest(s)" steps become part of the wort or is it discarded and only the water that comes out once the sparge starts what makes up the wort. I'm confused because the instructions I've found will say to heat up 2 or 3 gallons for the strike and so on for the rest steps and then say to heat up another 6 to 7 gallons for the sparge. How can it take 8 or 10 gallons to wind up with 5 or 6 gallons of wort. Is the balance left in the mash tun with the spent grains once all the sugars are sparged out and the wort is collected? Thanks