I'm currently looking into brewing with grains and building my mash tun out of a cooler.
Since I don't have much time when I brew, I'll batch sparge instead of fly sparging (I don't mind the lower efficiency).
So I'd like to know if it is necessary to make a manifold in my mash tun if I want to make batch sparges. Does anyone used the two pattern and noticed an increase in efficiency when they switched to a manifold? Did you experience problems without a manifold?
Since I don't have much time when I brew, I'll batch sparge instead of fly sparging (I don't mind the lower efficiency).
So I'd like to know if it is necessary to make a manifold in my mash tun if I want to make batch sparges. Does anyone used the two pattern and noticed an increase in efficiency when they switched to a manifold? Did you experience problems without a manifold?