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03-03-2011, 01:47 AM
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Originally Posted by bendbrewer
yeah, you can mash 22-26 pounds of grain depending on your water ratio. I do have to do a double batch sparge though. No biggie.
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+1
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03-03-2011, 03:26 AM
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Great Post!
Made mine and tested it last thursday. Everything worked great!
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03-03-2011, 09:26 PM
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What kind of efficiency does everyone get with this set up?
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03-03-2011, 11:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BendBrewer
Yeah, you can mash 22-26 pounds of grain depending on your water ratio. I do have to do a double batch sparge though. No biggie.
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Double batch sparge? do you just heat 2 things of water and shut it down, add more too the HLT, then start it back up?
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03-04-2011, 01:27 AM
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It's NeVAda, not NeVAHda
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dwpumo
Double batch sparge? do you just heat 2 things of water and shut it down, add more too the HLT, then start it back up?
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Nope... there's no HLT involved when doing a batch sparge.
I just heat two pots of sparge water during the mash, drain out the first runnings, dump one of the pots in, let sit for 15 minutes, drain, lather, rinse, repeat.
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03-04-2011, 01:40 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Reno_eNVy_446
Nope... there's no HLT involved when doing a batch sparge.
I just heat two pots of sparge water during the mash, drain out the first runnings, dump one of the pots in, let sit for 15 minutes, drain, lather, rinse, repeat.
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+1 and a if you have a 7-10 gallon pot 1 big batch sparge. easy peasy! 10 gallon is a batch sparge.... unlike steeping specialty grains squeeze that bag.
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03-04-2011, 04:37 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dwpumo
Double batch sparge? do you just heat 2 things of water and shut it down, add more too the HLT, then start it back up?
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I use 9-10 gallons of sparge water. I put this amount in my HLT and fire it as soon as I begin the mash and bring it up to 180 ish. Drain my first runnings and sparge with half of the water in my HLT which is now OFF flame. I stir well and let the grain bed settle for 8-10 minutes and then recirculate and drain. Now the water in my HLT is cooled to 170 ish and I do my second sparge as my wort comes up to temp in the Kettle.
Sounds like a lot but for most of the time I am sitting in a chair drinking a beer and watching my pump run. |
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03-04-2011, 04:39 PM
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Location: Bend, Oregon
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Reno_eNVy_446
Nope... there's no HLT involved when doing a batch sparge.
I just heat two pots of sparge water during the mash.....
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Technically, you are using 2 HLTs. |
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03-04-2011, 08:13 PM
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It's NeVAda, not NeVAHda
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Reno, Nevada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BendBrewer
Technically, you are using 2 HLTs.
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Well then technically my faucet is a cold liquor tun 
Nah, I wouldn't call it a HLT if I'm using them to heat up the water and then just dump directly into the MLT (no draining or anything.) Then I use them for the boil as well.
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03-04-2011, 09:20 PM
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I found the washers and bought 6 of them, 3 on each side of the bulkhead to get everything tight. Also used two o-rings to fill the opening where the faucet was and the second was to stick out enough for the washer to contact. Only thing I noticed is the ball valve is a hair too close to the cooler. The handle contacts, but it shuts off the flow, so no biggie. I guess I'm ready to give all grain a shot after I brew these two extract recipes I have.
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