BrewRunning
Well-Known Member
I'm about to brew my first beer using my new 1/2 BBL Spike HERMS system and wanted to get some intput on my planned mineral and acid additions. I've always batch sparged before and this will be my first time fly sparging.
Using the HERMS system will require more water in the HLT than I will need for sparging. My plan is to do the following;
1. Fill MT with needed strike water (100% RO water).
2. Add all mineral additions recommended for mash AND sparge directly to the MT.
3. Adjust mash PH if needed.
4. Adjust total volume in HLT to achieve a PH around 5.3-5.5 for sparging.
This way I don't have to treat the entire HLT with minerals that would be wasted.
Anyone see any issues with this method? Also, the left over water in the HLT will be used for cleaning. Any issues using PBW with a lower PH like this?
Thanks for any input.
Using the HERMS system will require more water in the HLT than I will need for sparging. My plan is to do the following;
1. Fill MT with needed strike water (100% RO water).
2. Add all mineral additions recommended for mash AND sparge directly to the MT.
3. Adjust mash PH if needed.
4. Adjust total volume in HLT to achieve a PH around 5.3-5.5 for sparging.
This way I don't have to treat the entire HLT with minerals that would be wasted.
Anyone see any issues with this method? Also, the left over water in the HLT will be used for cleaning. Any issues using PBW with a lower PH like this?
Thanks for any input.