hal simmons
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jun 16, 2007
- Messages
- 104
- Reaction score
- 1
Brewed my first AG batch this weekend and it went pretty well. Got a much better efficiency than expected (84%), which is good for first attempt I guess. My question is, we mashed at around 155 for 60 minutes, heated to 170 to mash out, then started sparging with 170 degree water. We did fly sparge and it took about an hour to collect 8.5 gallons.
I noticed that over the hour we sparged the temp of the sparge water and mash dropped significantly since both were off the heat and the mash tun didn't have a lid due to the sparge arm being in the way. Is this an issue? The temp of the runnings I was collecting at the very end of the sparge were around 130. Is this a problem? Should I be keeping the sparge water on heat to make sure it's constantly at 170?
I noticed that over the hour we sparged the temp of the sparge water and mash dropped significantly since both were off the heat and the mash tun didn't have a lid due to the sparge arm being in the way. Is this an issue? The temp of the runnings I was collecting at the very end of the sparge were around 130. Is this a problem? Should I be keeping the sparge water on heat to make sure it's constantly at 170?