Beer-Baron
Well-Known Member
Hi there,
I'm pretty new to All Grain brewing. I'm about 5 batches in and I've been playing with different ways of doing it and experimenting to see what works for me.
My most recent method I've been using is a variation of Brew in a Bag. I mash with most of my water, but then I have a second pot I use to sparge my grains in.
Basically, I complete my mash with about 23 Liters of water and then I take all my sparge water I need and heat it up to about 150 and "teabag" my grains in that for a bit and then combine the 2 pots. I've got some good results with this and got pretty good efficiency without having to squeeze out the bag at all.
Should I sparging up at the 168 mark? If so, why?
Why couldn't I just sparge with ice water if I wanted to?
I'm pretty new to All Grain brewing. I'm about 5 batches in and I've been playing with different ways of doing it and experimenting to see what works for me.
My most recent method I've been using is a variation of Brew in a Bag. I mash with most of my water, but then I have a second pot I use to sparge my grains in.
Basically, I complete my mash with about 23 Liters of water and then I take all my sparge water I need and heat it up to about 150 and "teabag" my grains in that for a bit and then combine the 2 pots. I've got some good results with this and got pretty good efficiency without having to squeeze out the bag at all.
Should I sparging up at the 168 mark? If so, why?
Why couldn't I just sparge with ice water if I wanted to?