adhomebrew10
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I am planning to do a robust porter this weekend (our Christmas beer), a 4g batch. I am still learning AG, so assuming 65% efficiency, and I am using 10lb grain.
I plan to mash with 1.25qt, and that will give me approximately 8qt first runnings after absorption/deadspace (.5qt).
This means I need another 3.63g to get to my pre boil volume (including DS loss). I have been reading that 2 sparges (batch) normally yield better efficiency, so would like to try it out. However, that would give me a "sparge thickness" of about .75qt/lb.
Would this be too thick to adequately rinse the grain? Would it be better in this case to go with one sparge (about 1.5qt lb)?
Thanks!
I plan to mash with 1.25qt, and that will give me approximately 8qt first runnings after absorption/deadspace (.5qt).
This means I need another 3.63g to get to my pre boil volume (including DS loss). I have been reading that 2 sparges (batch) normally yield better efficiency, so would like to try it out. However, that would give me a "sparge thickness" of about .75qt/lb.
Would this be too thick to adequately rinse the grain? Would it be better in this case to go with one sparge (about 1.5qt lb)?
Thanks!