Stuck Sparge | Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, Cider Brewing . . . The grains were milled very fine, which is likely what led to my completely stuck sparge I did have rice hulls mixed in but it didn't help at all I achieved zero flow thru my mash tun (I use a 3 tier system with water coolers for mash tun and hot liquor tank )
Sparge water temperature - Homebrew Talk Ditto I was always frustrated that i couldn't get my grainbed to 170F on my first of two batch sparges Finally, i just said "eff it" and brought the sparge water to boiling and killed the heat Did the trick And, by the time i get around to the second sparge, the sparge water has dropped in temp enough that the grainbed never gets above 170F
Acidify Sparge Water or not - Homebrew Talk Acidifying sparge water is done to keep the sparge pH from exceeding about 6 If the sparge pH gets high, and the temp is over about 170°F, you can extract tannins, which will make your beer astringent Whether you need to acidify your sparge water depends more on your water's alkalinity than it's starting pH Brew on
How long does the sparging process take? - Homebrew Talk It also depends on whether you are fly sparging or batch sparging - I batch sparge and what works for me is mashing 60-75 minutes at the desired temp - usually with 3 5-4 gallons of water based on a 10 lb grain bill in a 5 gallon round cooler - and then adding another 2-3 gallons of water at about 8-10 degrees higher than the mash temp and letting it settle about 10 minutes and draining it off
Fly Sparge VS Batch Sparge: Facts - Homebrew Talk I used the hybrid fly sparge technique for a couple of big beers and I got 83% and 86% with 16 and 14 pounds of grain on a 5 gallon batch The rest of the time I do a double batch sparge and consistently get 78-82% efficiency
Adjusting ph when batch sparging - Homebrew Talk Even though we do make pH adjustments in for the mash, the topic is about acidifying our sparge water for batch sparging I do not, when I batch sparge, as I've checked the runnings as well as the sparge water stirred into the grainbed, and not exceeded a pH of 6 But when I fly sparge I DO acidify my water, a bit
How long should it take to batch sparge? - Homebrew Talk I tried this split sparge approach on my 3rd AG batch According to Beersmith Efficiency into boiler was 88% Brewhouse efficiency was 77% On my first 2 AG batches I used the single sparge method and Efficiency into boiler was 80% for the first and 85% for the second Brewhouse efficiency was 60% for the first and 65% for the second
Fly Sparge First Runnings- Drain or Not? - Homebrew Talk It sounds more like an interrupted fly sparge How well it works will be heavily dependent on how slowly the sparge water is added after the initial draining, an how evenly it is spread across the surface of the grain bed If adding the sparge water disrupts the grain bed significantly, then OP's process becomes more like a batch sparge
BIAB: Dunk Sparge! - Homebrew Talk The dunk sparge sometimes seemed to improve my efficiency and sometimes didn't - varied from 72-78% My LHBS guy said the secret was to sparge as slooowwwwly as humanly possible At first I just used a measuring cup to drizzle over the raised grain bag
Batch sparge vs. fly sparge, efficiency hit - Homebrew Talk Yes the second sparge increases efficiency over a single batch sparge by about 3 percentage points Like a single batch sparge, with a double batch sparge you want to target approximately equal volumes for each run-off, in order to maximize lauter efficiency