Brian Parfitt
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Quick question regarding my batch sparging process.
When I drain my mash tun at the end of the mash, it may take 5-10 minutes at a rate slow enough to not compact the bed. I typically have a little work to do to get water moved around, pumps reconfigured etc before I can add my sparge water to the mash tun.
So my question is this. How long can you let a grain bed sit and cool before adding the sparge water? I assume that the grain temperature will be dropping due to the tun being opened and a large thermal source of water being removed. Is 10 minutes ok? Or should you be ready to add sparge water immediately after the tun is drained? Or am I overthinking this and it's not really an issue?
Appreciate any feedback on this.
Brian
When I drain my mash tun at the end of the mash, it may take 5-10 minutes at a rate slow enough to not compact the bed. I typically have a little work to do to get water moved around, pumps reconfigured etc before I can add my sparge water to the mash tun.
So my question is this. How long can you let a grain bed sit and cool before adding the sparge water? I assume that the grain temperature will be dropping due to the tun being opened and a large thermal source of water being removed. Is 10 minutes ok? Or should you be ready to add sparge water immediately after the tun is drained? Or am I overthinking this and it's not really an issue?
Appreciate any feedback on this.
Brian