I brewed the same beer twice today sparging two different ways....
NB Surly Bitter Brewer clone.
Beer 1:
Mash temp 152, 2.5 gallons water
Sparge water - 5 gal total, 170 degrees
Fly sparge for about 30 minutes
Pre-boil volume - 6.4 gal
Pre-boil gravity - 1.033
Post-boil volume - 5.5 gal
OG - 1.040
Efficiency - 66%
Beer 2:
Mash temp 152, 2.5 gallons water
Sparge water - 5 gal total, 170 degrees
Batch sparge
- first runnings
- second runnings, 2.5 gal
- third runnings, 2.5 gal
Pre-boil volume - 6.5 gal
Pre-boil gravity - 1.040
Post-boil volume - 5 gal
OG - 1.046
Efficiency - 80%
First time batch sparging for me. I think this is a change in process that will stick for me.
NB Surly Bitter Brewer clone.
Beer 1:
Mash temp 152, 2.5 gallons water
Sparge water - 5 gal total, 170 degrees
Fly sparge for about 30 minutes
Pre-boil volume - 6.4 gal
Pre-boil gravity - 1.033
Post-boil volume - 5.5 gal
OG - 1.040
Efficiency - 66%
Beer 2:
Mash temp 152, 2.5 gallons water
Sparge water - 5 gal total, 170 degrees
Batch sparge
- first runnings
- second runnings, 2.5 gal
- third runnings, 2.5 gal
Pre-boil volume - 6.5 gal
Pre-boil gravity - 1.040
Post-boil volume - 5 gal
OG - 1.046
Efficiency - 80%
First time batch sparging for me. I think this is a change in process that will stick for me.