kanzimonson
Well-Known Member
I can't believe it's taken me 6 years of brewing to think of this.
The facts:
-I fly sparge
-At the end of mashing, there's about 1-2gal of liquid above the set grain bed
-I runoff at a rate of about 1qt per minute, or slightly slower
-I don't start adding sparge water until the liquid level is near the top of the grain bed.
Is there any reason I can't quickly runoff that first 1-2gal until the level is down around the grain bed? Then slow down to my standard rate as I begin adding sparge water? I mean, I won't blast it at full bore because I want the bed to be maintained, but it'd be nice if I could save more time.
The facts:
-I fly sparge
-At the end of mashing, there's about 1-2gal of liquid above the set grain bed
-I runoff at a rate of about 1qt per minute, or slightly slower
-I don't start adding sparge water until the liquid level is near the top of the grain bed.
Is there any reason I can't quickly runoff that first 1-2gal until the level is down around the grain bed? Then slow down to my standard rate as I begin adding sparge water? I mean, I won't blast it at full bore because I want the bed to be maintained, but it'd be nice if I could save more time.