LarMoeCur
Well-Known Member
I just read BierMuncher's sticky on Hybrid fly sparging. My efficiency has been in the crapper as of late. In looking at his illistrations it dawned on me. I may have found the answer to my problems. Let me see if I've I have this strait.
In the past I would measure out the water needed to sparge and try to be exact as possible to hit my target volume. I would only heat enough water to hit my target. Usually I would end up draining the mash completely when close to my target volume. I've done this with batch and fly sparging both with very low efficiency.
Now here is what I think is the fix. Mark my keggle with the target volume. Continue to add sparge water to keep the 2-3 inches above the grain bed through out the entire process. Which means, I'll stop drawing wort and still have 2-3 inches over the grain bed.
Could this have been my problem the entire time? Now I need to brew to find out. What you professionals think? The mash should be reading 1.010 at this stage so I shouldn't be leaving anything behind in the extra water.
In the past I would measure out the water needed to sparge and try to be exact as possible to hit my target volume. I would only heat enough water to hit my target. Usually I would end up draining the mash completely when close to my target volume. I've done this with batch and fly sparging both with very low efficiency.
Now here is what I think is the fix. Mark my keggle with the target volume. Continue to add sparge water to keep the 2-3 inches above the grain bed through out the entire process. Which means, I'll stop drawing wort and still have 2-3 inches over the grain bed.
Could this have been my problem the entire time? Now I need to brew to find out. What you professionals think? The mash should be reading 1.010 at this stage so I shouldn't be leaving anything behind in the extra water.