Using a braid and a false bottom

[olotti]

i can't tell if you're joking.....lol

i use a colander and just every 10 minutes or so bring the water level back about an inch above the grain bed.....yes a vorlauf is still needed, but only at first runnings....

it does take longer, about an hour or so....but it saves me a few bucks on grain....

if you do it that way, the dead space will be so dilluted at the end of spraging, it would be irrelevant....

I actually wasn’t joking lol I’ve always batch sparged so never looked into the process of fly sparging or manual fly sparging at that mostly I’ve seen the use of a sparge arm. I know what it looks like and that it’s supposed to increase efficiency but that’s it.

 

[bracconiere]

I actually wasn’t joking lol I’ve always batch sparged so never looked into the process of fly sparging or manual fly sparging at that mostly I’ve seen the use of a sparge arm. I know what it looks like and that it’s supposed to increase efficiency but that’s it.

yeah i've seen the sparge arms, and the HLTs too.....i still just put my hot water in my PLASTIC fermenter, and scoop it out, and pour onto the grain through a colander, as the water level drops.....