dcHokie
Well-Known Member
I also use a grain bag over my copper manifold. I think it makes stuck sparge essentially impossible, though I take other precautions as well. I highly recommend this technique.
I'm just crash cooling my Hefeweizen and it already tastes pretty nice. I set the fermentation chamber to 60 to get more clove flavors and it worked great. I I was fermenting in a sanke with a rubber coating on it so I figured the temp might spike and kept it a bit lower.
Great recipe.
Smart technique! Have you experienced any downsides to employing the grainbag over the manifold? Any bunching, lower efficiency or slower runoff?
This batch gave me my most stuck sparge to date. Even with a 1/4 lb of rice hulls, i had to blow really hard several times into the ball valve on my tun