batch spargers - how long do you wait?

[bandt9299]

To me the whole idea of the batch sparge is to save time, letting it sit is a big time waster in my opinion, stir, stir and stir again then vorlouf and let it fly. If I had an hour to take to sparge I would fly sparge. I have done the double batch sparge before and it did make a small difference.

 

[PastorofMuppets]

I split sparge amount into half.
Add sparge liquor and stir for about a minute.
Then I begin the vorlauf. I dont wait to begin unless I am going for a mash out temp which I normally dont. There is no reason to wait even a minute. Once you begin to vorlauf you will set the grain bed and get all the sugars that are there to be had.

I get 78-82% standard.

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