Hi Folks,
I'm going to have a go at doing an American Amber Ale this arvo. This is my fifth AG brew and in the past I've only used a small amount of water for batch sparging - for a 20 litre batch I was using 4 litres which I think was a mistake!
For this brew I'm aiming for the following:
For a 20 litre pre-boil volume:
15 litres strike water -> 10 litres wort
11 litres sparge water -> 10 litres wort
The thing I'm not clear about is what temperature should the sparge water be - should I aim for it to be the same temperature as the initial mash (around 68 degrees) or should I aim for a higher temp? Palmer says that it shouldn't be higher than 77 but I'm not clear about what it should be.
Cheers,
Chris
I'm going to have a go at doing an American Amber Ale this arvo. This is my fifth AG brew and in the past I've only used a small amount of water for batch sparging - for a 20 litre batch I was using 4 litres which I think was a mistake!
For this brew I'm aiming for the following:
For a 20 litre pre-boil volume:
15 litres strike water -> 10 litres wort
11 litres sparge water -> 10 litres wort
The thing I'm not clear about is what temperature should the sparge water be - should I aim for it to be the same temperature as the initial mash (around 68 degrees) or should I aim for a higher temp? Palmer says that it shouldn't be higher than 77 but I'm not clear about what it should be.
Cheers,
Chris