Sparging questions

[Liberty97045]

1. I have been sparging my grains with near boiling water, is this too hot or should I use the steeping temp of 160'?
2. Once the sparging water is done, how aggressive should I be about wringing out the juice. Is there a potential down side to getting the last drop?

 

[Yooper]

1. Don't go above 170 degrees
2. No issues either way. Some let them drip, some squeeze. No problems.

 

[ajf]

When Yooper says don't go above 170, she means don't get the grain temperature above 170, not that you must keep the sparge water below 170. If you don't do a mash out, you will probably need to heat the sparge water up to 185 - 190 to get the grain bed temp up to 170.

-a.