Cpt_Kirks
Well-Known Member
I finally had a stuck sparge Saturday, a BAD one.
What I think happened was a combination of things:
- More than half the grist bill was wheat
- There was just over three pounds of flaked grains
- I got in a hurry and did not add the grain slow enough
- Thirteen pounds of grain is really pushing it in a 5 gallon MLT
Had to use a paint strainer bag for sparging, I'm not sure how well the conversion worked (VERY white, cloudy wort for the most part). It was a frakking mess.
My 10 gallon MLT is in the works, which will fix the capacity issue. I will correct the errors to my process (after over 25 AG batches, I guess this was bound to happen sooner or later).
What advice do the experts have for me and others to avoid this sticky mess?
What I think happened was a combination of things:
- More than half the grist bill was wheat
- There was just over three pounds of flaked grains
- I got in a hurry and did not add the grain slow enough
- Thirteen pounds of grain is really pushing it in a 5 gallon MLT
Had to use a paint strainer bag for sparging, I'm not sure how well the conversion worked (VERY white, cloudy wort for the most part). It was a frakking mess.
My 10 gallon MLT is in the works, which will fix the capacity issue. I will correct the errors to my process (after over 25 AG batches, I guess this was bound to happen sooner or later).
What advice do the experts have for me and others to avoid this sticky mess?