Hi guys.
This might seem like a stupid question but what are the main reasons for fly sparging over batch sparing? Is it mainly to reduce channelling in the grain bed and therefore improve efficiency? I'm in the process of building a 3v to switch for partials to all grain. I've just about finished my HLT just a couple of electrics to finish. And my minds switching to my mash tun and stand. Im considering weather to build a gravity fed or by a couple of Kaixin pumps and build a flat stand.
Don't know how easy/difficult it is to reduce flow on pumps as I've only used gravity till now. Have been reading lots and it seems that controlling flows on the out put of the pumps seems to work ok?
At the moment I kind of do a bit of both. After settling my grain bed and clearing my wort I drain my lantur tun into my kettle. I then fill my sparge bucket back up with sparge water give it a good mix and resettle the bed. Then whatever is left of my sparge water I slowly add through a collider at a similar rate as in draining.
Don't know if this is te correct method but its been working ok for a while now.
Any advice most most welcome.
Thanks Rob
This might seem like a stupid question but what are the main reasons for fly sparging over batch sparing? Is it mainly to reduce channelling in the grain bed and therefore improve efficiency? I'm in the process of building a 3v to switch for partials to all grain. I've just about finished my HLT just a couple of electrics to finish. And my minds switching to my mash tun and stand. Im considering weather to build a gravity fed or by a couple of Kaixin pumps and build a flat stand.
Don't know how easy/difficult it is to reduce flow on pumps as I've only used gravity till now. Have been reading lots and it seems that controlling flows on the out put of the pumps seems to work ok?
At the moment I kind of do a bit of both. After settling my grain bed and clearing my wort I drain my lantur tun into my kettle. I then fill my sparge bucket back up with sparge water give it a good mix and resettle the bed. Then whatever is left of my sparge water I slowly add through a collider at a similar rate as in draining.
Don't know if this is te correct method but its been working ok for a while now.
Any advice most most welcome.
Thanks Rob