Recent content by DJP

After your boil...:)

There's nothing wrong with the "Freefall" method: It's been used by many commercial breweries over the years and it's what I use with my beers. It certainly provides sufficient O2 in the wort. Wort is only really susceptible to infection until the yeast gets going, so you just need to keep the...

I've heard that conversion often does only take 15 minutes or so and the hour or more recommended for home brewing is really just "To make sure". I stick to an hour because it allows me time to weigh out my hops and set up for sparging, but I suspect that some scientific testing of the mash...

I haven't found much difference in either speed or efficiency between batch and fly sparging. Batch sparging always works out like this: Adding sparge water and stirring in, 2-3 mins Standing to allow the bed to settle, 5 mins Recirculating cloudy wort, 5 mins Completely draining the grain...