Schnitzengiggle
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I am using Beersmith, and on my preview sheet for my recipe, it says to strike with ~9.5 qts of 164° water to reach a rest temp of 152° with my 7.5 lbs of grain at a temp of 75°.
I will be using a double batch sparge of 3 gallons each, and Beersmith says to sparge with 168° water for each batch.
Meow my question is this, if I am adding 3 gallons of 168° water to grain that is about ~152° after my first runnings, will that keep me in the 168° range during sparging, or will I need to heat my water a few degrees warmer (175-180°) to keep within the 168° sparge temp?
Is Beersmith incorrect, or is it just not that critical to keep within the realm of 168° during sparging?
Or, even better, is the 3 gallons of 168° water enough to raise the temperature in the mash tun to 168° without a significant loss of heat to the grain?
As usual I may be over-thinking things, but this Sunday will be my first AG brew day, and I would like it to go off without a hitch.
FWIW, this is an Ordinary Bitter recipe with an OG of 1.042.
I will be using a double batch sparge of 3 gallons each, and Beersmith says to sparge with 168° water for each batch.
Meow my question is this, if I am adding 3 gallons of 168° water to grain that is about ~152° after my first runnings, will that keep me in the 168° range during sparging, or will I need to heat my water a few degrees warmer (175-180°) to keep within the 168° sparge temp?
Is Beersmith incorrect, or is it just not that critical to keep within the realm of 168° during sparging?
Or, even better, is the 3 gallons of 168° water enough to raise the temperature in the mash tun to 168° without a significant loss of heat to the grain?
As usual I may be over-thinking things, but this Sunday will be my first AG brew day, and I would like it to go off without a hitch.
FWIW, this is an Ordinary Bitter recipe with an OG of 1.042.