Long time between mash out and sparge in

[BilboBrewin]

I started heating my sparge water much later than I should have, so there was a half an hour after mashing out (single infusion mash) before I batch sparged. Is this one of those RDWHAHB things?

 

[brewbama]

yep. I've run out of propane mid stream in a less than stellar moment and had no issue whatsoever. However, I have also sparged with cold water. YMMV

 

[Bender]

Stop worrying and have a homebrew.

(thinking, thinking, who said that???).

 

[BilboBrewin]

Stop worrying and have a homebrew.

(thinking, thinking, who said that???).

Haha... I start doing that at the end of the boil

 

[wilserbrewer]

Some mash overnight....RDWHAHB.

Many don't bother to mash out.

 

[RM-MN]

You can sparge with cold water next time with virtually no difference in the amount of sugar extracted and only a minimal extra time to bring the wort to a boil. With batch sparging you don't even need a mash out, just drain the first runnings, dump in the sparge water, stir well, and drain again.

 

[BilboBrewin]

You can sparge with cold water next time with virtually no difference in the amount of sugar extracted and only a minimal extra time to bring the wort to a boil. With batch sparging you don't even need a mash out, just drain the first runnings, dump in the sparge water, stir well, and drain again.

That's good to know... my sparge water was at 160 when I mashed out (I live in a city and am limited to an electric stove that took half an hour to go up 35 degrees)... in either case the grain sat in the cooler for half an hour while the first runnings started heating up in the kettle, then I sparged, hit 168, then slowly added the sparge to the kettle. Even though the sparge was delayed half an hour, it added less than that overall...