twd000
Well-Known Member
I have been chasing efficiency up and down on my new system (10 gallon cooler with stainless braid)
Was getting ~60% on normal beers, then closer to 50% on a 1.080 beer
I'd like to steady out at 70%, to match most recipes without adjustment. Not really intereted in getting to 80-90% with diminishing returns for extra effort.
I have been batch sparging with 4 gallons of 180*F water, untreated. I only let it sit about 10 mins after stirring, before draining.
I was listening to a Brewing Network podcast today and they pointed to batch sparging time as a critical weak point in efficiency. I think they said to wait 60 mins before draining, to ensure you got as much sugar out of the grains as you can.
Do any of you batch sparge that long? Seems to defeat the time savings vs. fly-sparging.
Also I am only doing to runnings: initial lautering runoff then one sparge.
Any advantage in splitting into three total runnings? Seems like the grain is already soaking up a large fraction of the water (I start with 10 gallons combined strike and sparge to yield ~7 gallon pre-boil)
Was getting ~60% on normal beers, then closer to 50% on a 1.080 beer
I'd like to steady out at 70%, to match most recipes without adjustment. Not really intereted in getting to 80-90% with diminishing returns for extra effort.
I have been batch sparging with 4 gallons of 180*F water, untreated. I only let it sit about 10 mins after stirring, before draining.
I was listening to a Brewing Network podcast today and they pointed to batch sparging time as a critical weak point in efficiency. I think they said to wait 60 mins before draining, to ensure you got as much sugar out of the grains as you can.
Do any of you batch sparge that long? Seems to defeat the time savings vs. fly-sparging.
Also I am only doing to runnings: initial lautering runoff then one sparge.
Any advantage in splitting into three total runnings? Seems like the grain is already soaking up a large fraction of the water (I start with 10 gallons combined strike and sparge to yield ~7 gallon pre-boil)