If you batch sparging it will make zero difference (if dead space is the same.) If your fly sparging you really should have a more complex manifold than a braid. With batch sparging the whole run off is the same gravity regardless.
Yep, for batch sparging, IMO, the braid is the way to go. Much cheaper and easier to build, and your efficiency will be the same.
Would a CPVC manifold benefit batch sparging? what size holes or cuts do you put in the manifold?
Sorry for the stupid question, but can someone tell me why it won't make a difference for batch sparging? I know "dead space" and "gravity" was described before, but I'm not quite following...
The reason that it doesn't mater with batch sparging is because the mash will equalize at a certain gravity. No amount of stirring or recirculation will change that. You can only get that gravity higher with better conversion and that has nothing to do with the launter device.
What if we designed a mash tun by insulating a conical fermentor and placed some kind of screen at the bottom?
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