Sparge temp

[Irisndfan2]

Do I want to just heat up the sparge temp to 170? Or do I need to account for heat loss after I add the grain bag? essentialy should I shoot for like 180?

 

[Hammy71]

I batch sparge and use almost boiling water. You want to raise the grain bed to around 168.

 

[aggiejay06]

I use a MLT instead of BIAB, so I can't tell you for sure, but I think you should keep it pretty close to 170. You have to overshoot on the strike water because the grain is much cooler than the water (presumably room temp), so you lose a lot of heat to that initial mix when you form the grist. But when it comes time to sparging, the grains are very very hot and don't take near as much heat away.

I batch sparge, and Beersmith has me use 168F for my sparge water.

 

[sambogi76]

I do 2 batch sparges and I have to use 185 deg for the first and then 170 for the next I usually can hit 165 grain bed temp.