Hi Everyone,
I keep reading about really slow times for sparging and draining wort into the kettle. When I drain my cooler I can open the valve and drain all the wort in less then 5 minutes. I can fly sparge or batch sparge and also have those high drainage rates. I have not been doing this, however, and instead have been slowly opening my ball valve. I typically fly sparge and the whole process takes about 15 minutes to both drain and sparge my mash tun. Is there any reason for slowing down, and if there is should I slow this process down even further?
I keep reading about really slow times for sparging and draining wort into the kettle. When I drain my cooler I can open the valve and drain all the wort in less then 5 minutes. I can fly sparge or batch sparge and also have those high drainage rates. I have not been doing this, however, and instead have been slowly opening my ball valve. I typically fly sparge and the whole process takes about 15 minutes to both drain and sparge my mash tun. Is there any reason for slowing down, and if there is should I slow this process down even further?