Rinse specialty grains?

[bd2xu]

In kits with specialty grains, is it a good idea to rinse (or sparge I guess) the specialty grains with 170 water after steeping for the recommended time? I would think this would get the most good stuff out of the grain without squeezing it.

 

[worksnorth]

I would rinse I suppose if it's possible for you to do so.
Cheers

 

[aiptasia]

Yep, a sparge of this type is just what the doctor ordered. Me, when I soak grains, I just dunk and drain a lot.

 

[bd2xu]

I did it, have an electric tea kettle that worked perfect. Hold 64 oz and brings water to 170 fast, poured it all over the grain bag before removing.

 

[kevinb]

Not sure if it makes a huge difference or not, but I do it. I put the muslin bag in a large stainless colander and rinse with 170°F water.

 

[dcp27]

you're basically rinsing the grains when you steep them, sparging them afterwards is unnecessary

 

[unionrdr]

No,sparging is rinsing & steeping is the little brother of mashing. rinsing is rinsing.

 

[bd2xu]

Sparging is rinsing the mashed grains with 170 water right?

 

[dcp27]

Sparging is rinsing the mashed grains with 170 water right?

yes, but 170F isn't a requirement, you can sparge cooler with just as good of results. in essence steeping is batch sparging as conversion has already taken place in the malting process of specialty grains

 

[SoonerDoc]

You aren't extracting sugars (not enough to matter) from these grains, just color and flavor. I would think it wasn't necessary. I don't think it would hurt anything if you wanted to do this either.

 

[logan3825]

I steep my grains(without a bag) in 1.5-2 quarts of water per pound of grains. While they are steeping I start the majority of my water in the boil pot heating up while heating up a gallon of water in another pot. When I am done I pour the grains through a stainless steel strainer into the boil pot. Then I pour the gallon of heated up water over the steeped grains into the boil pot. This way I eliminate some of my time waiting for the boil water to heat up and rinse as much flavor and color off of the grains as possible.

 

[GoodRatsBrew]

I say "If it feels good... DO IT!!" I personally dump my adjucts into a fine colendar and rinse them off into the primary prior to tranfering the wort. Never had a problem and it cools the spent grains off before they are fed to my goats. Just my 2cents...