Sparging

[hophead1148]

Is it bad when doing an all grain brew we had too much water in the mash tun and only had to sparge with one half gallon water?

 

[CBMbrewer]

Your efficiency might go down due to not thoroughly rinsing out the residual sugars but I wouldn't say bad. Lots of people use a no sparge method. You can do a second mash and use the running's for a session beer of low gravity.

 

[helibrewer]

You can use additional water to sparge, just boil longer to get the volume down. Adjust your hop schedule accordingly.

 

[Cyclman]

Worst case you'll lose efficiency. If your OG was fine, no worries.

 

[hophead1148]

OG was fine. I like the idea of doing a secondary mash to make a session ale. We brewed a porter so I think it would have made a nice brown ale.