Burgs
Well-Known Member
I have basically a two-vessel AG setup with a cooler MLT and a brew kettle that doubles as the hlt. When I take my runnings, I do a little bit of juggling that goes like this:
1. Drain strike water from kettle to mlt
2. Refill kettle with sparge water
3. Drain 1st runnings from cooler to a smaller 5 gallon cooler
4. Drain sparge water from kettle to mlt
5. Now the kettle is free, so I dump the 1st runnings in and start flame
6. After sparge, drain 2nd runnings into kettle to combine
If I want to use first wort hopping on a beer, should I add the hops to my 1st runnings that I'm collecting in the smaller cooler? Or, would it be better to add them to the kettle as I'm collecting 2nd runnings?
Thanks!
1. Drain strike water from kettle to mlt
2. Refill kettle with sparge water
3. Drain 1st runnings from cooler to a smaller 5 gallon cooler
4. Drain sparge water from kettle to mlt
5. Now the kettle is free, so I dump the 1st runnings in and start flame
6. After sparge, drain 2nd runnings into kettle to combine
If I want to use first wort hopping on a beer, should I add the hops to my 1st runnings that I'm collecting in the smaller cooler? Or, would it be better to add them to the kettle as I'm collecting 2nd runnings?
Thanks!