sambogi76
Well-Known Member
I am doing my first AG batch this morning and was curious about the amount of sparge water to use. Palmer says in general to use 1.5 X as much as your strike water. I am making a 5.5 gallon batch using 13.5 lbs of grain. I want to mash at a 1.33 gal./lb. That means i will use 4.5 gal of strike water which means (using palmers suggestion) i will use 6.75 gal of sparge water. I expect to lose ~1.5 gal due to grain absorption. That means (4.5 sparge -1.5 absorption + 6.75 sparge) I will have a pre boil volume of 9.75 gal. This seems too excessive. I want to start in a couple of hours if any one can help, thank you much!