Hi All,
I feel silly for asking these questions after knocking out many a brew so far but i wouldnt mind alleviating my mind!
I have a 3V system, Mash in a 40L esky, have a hand held immersion heater.
I intend to mash & batch sparge with only 2 runnings. Is this possible?
Lets just say on a ratio of 3 litres to every kg grain, I have a mash water amount of 15 litres and a sparge amount of 20 litres (assuming a pre boil volume of say 35 litres). Now i know i am going to lose 5 litres to grain and 2 litres in the bottom (7L total), do i add that to the sparge volume or the mash volume?
Can I,
1st Running: Mash for the desired length of time, at the desired temp.Use the immersion heater to get the temp up to say 76 degrees (stiring the whole time to not burn the grains), let it sit for 20 then recirculate/drain
2nd Running: Add remaining Water at 76 degrees, stir, let it sit for 20 minutes then recirculate/drain.
Is there much wrong with this process? How would should I improve it?
I started using the immersion heater instead of splitting the sparging process into 2 runnings as i thought it saves time and i can be pretty accurate with my temps.
Thanks in advance guys
I feel silly for asking these questions after knocking out many a brew so far but i wouldnt mind alleviating my mind!
I have a 3V system, Mash in a 40L esky, have a hand held immersion heater.
I intend to mash & batch sparge with only 2 runnings. Is this possible?
Lets just say on a ratio of 3 litres to every kg grain, I have a mash water amount of 15 litres and a sparge amount of 20 litres (assuming a pre boil volume of say 35 litres). Now i know i am going to lose 5 litres to grain and 2 litres in the bottom (7L total), do i add that to the sparge volume or the mash volume?
Can I,
1st Running: Mash for the desired length of time, at the desired temp.Use the immersion heater to get the temp up to say 76 degrees (stiring the whole time to not burn the grains), let it sit for 20 then recirculate/drain
2nd Running: Add remaining Water at 76 degrees, stir, let it sit for 20 minutes then recirculate/drain.
Is there much wrong with this process? How would should I improve it?
I started using the immersion heater instead of splitting the sparging process into 2 runnings as i thought it saves time and i can be pretty accurate with my temps.
Thanks in advance guys