Questions tagged [sparge]
Sparging is a step at the end of the lautering process to extract much of the remaining sugars from brewing grains by adding additional hot water to the mash.
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Besides sparge water, what other water do all-grain brewers add in (and why)?
I have done a few extract kit beers and now a few partial mashes. I am starting the process of ramping up to all-grain.
In many online "brewing calculators", such as this mash water ...
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How should I sparge large amount of mash?
I bought a big pot to cook my mash, it's 150 liters (~40 gallons) and a 100 liters fermenter (26+ gallons).
After I prepared my mash, converted my starch into sugars and then boiled it to sterilize it,...
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First time brewing a Porter (BIAB) - Need help!
first time poster (long time lurker) on these forums. Hope you'll are doing well.
I am 6 months into this hobby and have brewed 3 Pale Ales which have ranged from disastrous to pretty bad :P
I now am ...
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Should I transfer strike water through a sparging device or more directly?
I use a pump to move strike water from my HLT to the mash tun. I've tried it with and without this nozzle at the end of the hose. The nozzle splatters water when my output valve is open more than ...
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Batch sparging: let the grain bed run dry or not?
I have a 3 vessel setup (hot liquor tank + mash tun + wort kettle) in a single tier setup so I need to pump liquid from one vessel to another, but I only have one pump, so I batch sparge: transfer ...
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Oversparging grainfather
Most of my beers where I live now have been astringent (5 or so). Some more some less. I found one of the culprits after lots of research: I have incredibly high alkalinity (400ppm CaCO3). So I have ...
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How to detect channeling when fly sparging?
I was reading this question: Looking for ways to reduce trub
And since I also fly sparge, I would like to know how to detect channeling in the grain bed?
I always leave around 3cm of water over the ...
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Poor mash efficiency - help please
I am a few all-grain brews in using the Robobrew (poor mans Grainfather) and they have actually turned out great!. One thing I haven't been able to figure out though is how to improve efficiency. ...
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About reusing spent grain
I tried to make dog biscuits with my spent grains, but it was not a big success ;-) I read that we could make more beer reusing the grain again. I liked the idea of making a lighter version of the ...
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Big beer extract impact?
My system can comfortably mash up to 10kg of malt. But it can easily fly sparge only 5kg. 8kg is doable, but stretching it. In my recipe I have:
5kg Pale Ale
1kg Munich I
1kg Munich II
1kg ...
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Swapped sparge by mash water quantities
When it was (potentially) too late I've noticed that I've used the 4L of water for mashing that I should've used for sparging - which was instead 3L. Could this be a problem? The end amount is the ...
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Do I need two tanks in a RIMS system
I'm looking into building an automated RIMS system. I think I understand the principles pretty well, but there is one sticking point for me. Since the heating element is container in the pipe, I would ...
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How to increase gravity / decrease amount of water in my wort, and extract the same amount of sugars?
I have this problem: I'm regularly achieving 90% efficiency with my mash and sparge, and I like this effect. But I usually end up with about 30 ~ 35 liters when I aim for 20 ~ 22 liters. Boil to ...
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How can i stop losing so much water during brew
I am brewing with a 25l HLT, 30l Mash tun and 52l boiler.
I am boiling 20l to 25l water in the HLT and losing some water during the Mash and Sparge.
By the end of the sparge I am getting about 15l ...
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1 Gallon Full Mash Brew
So I have never done a full mash brew before only ever malt extract brews. But after reading this article thought I would give it a go using a 1 gallon method as oppose to a 5.
However I have a few ...
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