Sparge water

[peanuts004]

I see in recepies a lot of this but i have no idea what this is. What is sparge water?

 

[microbusbrewery]

I see in recepies a lot of this but i have no idea what this is. What is sparge water?

It's used in all grain brewing. It's hot water that's gently added to the top of the grain bed after the mash. It essentially rinses the sugars out of the grain bed.

 

[uxo]

Mash water gets added to the grains and steeps for an hour.
Sparge water gets added after and steeps for about 15 mins.
Sparge water is hotter and is also used to get you total boil volume.

 

[peanuts004]

Is this the mash out process or do I have to read a lot more? Lol and thank you guys !

 

[uxo]

http://www.donosborn.com/homebrew/all_grain_how_to.htm

 

[woozy]

Is this the mash out process or do I have to read a lot more? Lol and thank you guys !

No, and yes.

The mash out process is heating the mash (either by adding heat directly or hot water).

Then you drain out the wort and recirculate it.

And finally you sparge.

http://www.howtobrew.com/section3/chapter17.html

 

[peanuts004]

Ok, now if for example a recepie says 11 gallons of water, how do yo divide those 11 gallons so that ypu can mash, make mash out process by adding hot water and also sparge ?

 

[woozy]

Various different ways. Take your final boil volume. Add the amount of water you expect to boil off. Add the amount of water you expect to be absorbed by the grains. Figure out how much mashing water you need by multiplying your grain bill in pounds by a quart and a half to two quarts. Subtract the two and what's left is the amount of water you can use for lautering and sparging.

That's one way.

But, seriously, read up and research this.

 

[uxo]

I had a bit of a hard time when I first started all grain brewing. It will all make sense soon.


You could also look into brewing software. I haven't purchased beersmith but I do use brewtarget. It will calculate all that stuff for you. All you need to do is input your equipment, ingredients and batch sizes. It works great for me and it's nice for keeping recipes saved. It even gives you instructions.


http://beersmith.com/

http://www.brewtarget.org/

 

[peanuts004]

I had a bit of a hard time when I first started all grain brewing. It will all make sense soon.

You could also look into brewing software. I haven't purchased beersmith but I do use brewtarget. It will calculate all that stuff for you. All you need to do is input your equipment, ingredients and batch sizes. It works great for me and it's nice for keeping recipes saved. It even gives you instructions.

http://beersmith.com/

http://www.brewtarget.org/

All right man thank you I already dowloded brewtarget and it helps a lot .....