mgortel
Well-Known Member
Brewing my first batch in over a year this Saturday......lost all of my brewing data in a computer crash a while back...and trying to refresh my memory on Batch Sparging.
I seem to remember that I would do a single batch sparge with enough water to bring my total volume up to my calculated preboil volume. However, reading and thinking about it...I seem to remember that I want to stop sparging at a SG of around 1.010....to prevent leaching of tannins.
So....if I do my first draining from my mash..and lets say that gives me 2 gallons....and then I add 4.5 gallons in a batch sparge....and drain all of that for my preboil of 6.5 gallons.....then I really am not controlling or preventing the leaching of tanins.
OR am I confusing fly sparging method with batch sparging with the SG measurements? i.e. no need to worry about SG when batch sparging....
Little help please.....
I seem to remember that I would do a single batch sparge with enough water to bring my total volume up to my calculated preboil volume. However, reading and thinking about it...I seem to remember that I want to stop sparging at a SG of around 1.010....to prevent leaching of tannins.
So....if I do my first draining from my mash..and lets say that gives me 2 gallons....and then I add 4.5 gallons in a batch sparge....and drain all of that for my preboil of 6.5 gallons.....then I really am not controlling or preventing the leaching of tanins.
OR am I confusing fly sparging method with batch sparging with the SG measurements? i.e. no need to worry about SG when batch sparging....
Little help please.....
