Lost Volume in the Mash Tun - Use more grains?

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DuPuma

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So, I built this: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Making_a_Partial_Mash_mash_tun

And I can't wait to use it. One question, though: since the spigot is about 1/2 inch above the bottom of the cooler, I am going to lose about 16 oz. of wort per mash. Do I need to up my grain amount to compensate? Or will batch sparging sufficiently mix whatever wort is on the bottom that I shouldn't worry about it?

Thank you in advance!
 
You don't have to worry about it. When you have finished sparging, there will be some wort in the bottom of the cooler, but it will be very low gravity, and even if you could get it out, it wouldn't make a measurable difference.

-a.
 
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