My first question is this: I have done about 5 or 6 batches of AG and have come pretty close to my OG, but not close enough. I have been batch sparging since I don't have a sparge arm to fly sparge with. Should I make one to get my gravity up to where I would like it to be, or better yet, how do I make one? I have the 48qt igloo square cooler on wheels with a drain plug and stainless screen. What I have been doing is do my first mashin, then do two sparges with equal amounts of water. In other words if I mashin with say 5 gallons and need 6 gallons more to sparge with, I will sparge with 3 gallons one time for 10 mins, then sparge with the remaining 3 gallons for 10 mins.
My final question is this, should my mashin be of a thick consistency, or should it be pretty liquidy? It seems to me that when I go by the 1.5qts per pound of grain it is pretty much a liquid consistency, but I have read where it should be like almost oatmeal consistency.
Sorry for the long winded run-ons here.......
My final question is this, should my mashin be of a thick consistency, or should it be pretty liquidy? It seems to me that when I go by the 1.5qts per pound of grain it is pretty much a liquid consistency, but I have read where it should be like almost oatmeal consistency.
Sorry for the long winded run-ons here.......