Sparge Temp

[stephen424]

What can happen if I only used 110 degree water to sparge. It's a complicated issue my friend had. He's brewing 150 gallons of 8% ipa.

 

[broadbill]

150 gallons?


also: search for cold sparging....Kaiser did a writeup on it and I think its in the wiki.

 

[stephen424]

Apparently nothing bad should happen but clarity might be an issue. He's a brewer, and somehow he dumped his 180 sparge water on the floor and didn't have time to get 150 gallons or so up to temp.

 

[ChandlerBang]

I think the theory is of you've obtained full conversion, sparge water temp shouldn't matter.

 

[tre9er]

It's nearly irrelevant to efficiency. The only thing affected could be malt profile if there is still conversion going on...but I don't think it would be very noticeable.

 

[kh54s10]

Wow! 150 gallons of 180 degree water on the floor!?!

If that happened to me I would have a lot of trouble even finishing the brew. I guess on my porch it would drain through the deck boards but anywhere else I would be trying to get things out of the water without getting scalded!

The results, I guess would depend on whether the preboil gravity was reached. If not the beer will probably just be a little lower in ABV.