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    speed of draining mash tun while bath sparging

    I batch sparge...I vorlauf pretty slow then I also empty my mash tun pretty slow before I pour in my sparge water. However, I was reading Denny Conn's recently website and he recommends to drain the mash tun as fast as possible. 1) What is the advantage of draining the mash tun as fast as...
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    Pouring spices in to fermenter

    So I just brewed a very simple belgian wit recipe. 50% Belgian pale, 50% flaked wheat, EKG, some bitter orange peel, and coriander seeds, WLP400. I'm not a new brewer by any means, but I've never brewed with spices before. I think I made a mistake by adding the orange peel and coriander...
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    how do you know when to stop fly sparging?

    I'm new to AG brewing and I've done about 4-5 batch sparges. I'm going to try my hand at fly sparging tomorrow and feel like I have a pretty good set up to do so. My main question is, how do you know when to stop fly sparging? Beersmith has me mashing in with 7.8 qts, mashing out with 4.3...
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    Pouring vs Siphoning wort in to fermenter

    So, I'm struggling to figure out whether or not I should be siphoning or simply pouring my cooled wort in to my fermenter after chilling. When I brewed 5 gallon PM batches, I always poured my wort in. But I recently switched to 2.5 AG batches and started using whirfloc, and have been amazed at...
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    Greetings from Bloomington, IN

    Hi All! I'm sort of a new user to the site, I've been using it for years and have never made an account, but I figured it's about time. I'm a grad student in Bloomington, IN and have recently made the jump to all grain brewing after partial mashing for about 3 years. I've already posted 2...
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    Building a sparge arm with CPVC/PVC rather than copper

    What is everybody's thoughts on using CPVC or PVC for building a sparge arm. Most of the homemade sparge arms I've see have been made from copper, so I wasn't sure if there was a reason people strayed away from plastic piping. As long as the temperature max is less than your sparge water, it...
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    Building a sparge arm with CPVC/PVC rather than copper

    What is everybody's thoughts on using CPVC for building a sparge arm. Most of the homemade sparge arms I've see have been made from copper, so I wasn't sure if there was a reason people strayed away from plastic piping. As long as the temperature max is less than your sparge water, it should be...
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