drayman86
Well-Known Member
Our system is the typical keggle/10 gallon round Igloo cooler w/ false bottom. After conducting our first 6 batches with fly sparging, we attempted batch sparging, carefully following good batch sparge technique, only to see our efficiency suffer. It dropped from the mid 80s to the low 70s or less.
Our latest batch (an oatmeal stout) was done with fly sparging. Efficiency returned to the mid 80s, and we'll stick with fly from now on. Our system just seems to work better with fly.
The January 24th edition of Basic Brewing Radio is an excellent review of mashing including efficiency explanations, mashing techniques, improving mashing, etc.
Our latest batch (an oatmeal stout) was done with fly sparging. Efficiency returned to the mid 80s, and we'll stick with fly from now on. Our system just seems to work better with fly.
The January 24th edition of Basic Brewing Radio is an excellent review of mashing including efficiency explanations, mashing techniques, improving mashing, etc.