code3kid
Home brewer, water chem nerd, retired paramedic.
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I brew in a Mash & Boil all in one system which I have modified by adding a pump for recirculation of my mash which greatly increased brewhouse efficiency. I typically brew 4 gallon batches so that I can ferment under pressure in a corny keg. For this reason, it is very easy to do a full volume mash.
So when I "lauter" (pull my grain pipe out and let the wort drain), I am assuming that some of the sugars are left in that grain bed sitting up above my sweet wort. Many, at this point, sparge with hot or cold water to "rinse" the remaining sugar from the grain to get just a bit more in the way of efficiency and come up to their full pre-boil volume.
So being all about efficiency, my question is, since I did a full volume mash, do you think that 1. just using my pump to run some of my collected wort over the grain bed to "rinse" would remove the remaining sugars left behind? My thoughts being that it'Ss a liquid same as water. 2. If so, what volume of my wort do you think would be appropriate (heard that I should be aware of oversparging, u know tannins and what not)?
Assuming this question would apply to all of the all in one systems out there like the Grainfather, Robobrew, etc. Thanks for your help in advance.
I brew in a Mash & Boil all in one system which I have modified by adding a pump for recirculation of my mash which greatly increased brewhouse efficiency. I typically brew 4 gallon batches so that I can ferment under pressure in a corny keg. For this reason, it is very easy to do a full volume mash.
So when I "lauter" (pull my grain pipe out and let the wort drain), I am assuming that some of the sugars are left in that grain bed sitting up above my sweet wort. Many, at this point, sparge with hot or cold water to "rinse" the remaining sugar from the grain to get just a bit more in the way of efficiency and come up to their full pre-boil volume.
So being all about efficiency, my question is, since I did a full volume mash, do you think that 1. just using my pump to run some of my collected wort over the grain bed to "rinse" would remove the remaining sugars left behind? My thoughts being that it'Ss a liquid same as water. 2. If so, what volume of my wort do you think would be appropriate (heard that I should be aware of oversparging, u know tannins and what not)?
Assuming this question would apply to all of the all in one systems out there like the Grainfather, Robobrew, etc. Thanks for your help in advance.