Jolls
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Hi Team,
I am about to have a crack at my first AG brew - an Australian Ale. I have searched the forum but could not locate the answer to my question. I trust this hasn't been answered a million times before!
I am making a 19 litre wort for kegging and have used Brewers Friend to figure that I need 5.4 litres of strike water at 67 C and 23.9 litres at 76 C for sparging. My lautering tun is a 25 litre square esky with a manifold made from brsided hose with the rubber removed in an oval manifold ri=unning to a ball valve. I unnderstand that the temperatures are at the grain; however, given this is my first try and I have no data to figure out my heat losses I need a start pointto work from. I estimate maybe a 5 degree heat loss between the HLT and the grain - but this is a SWAG. Can anyone give me a guide as to what the recommeded temperatures should be in the HLT? The HLT is likely to be another 25 or so litre esky with a silicone hose between the two. I have yet to build the sparge arm but was thinking a simple T in 1/2 inch copper with some 1.5mm holes drilled in down each side at around 30 degrees from vertical. Any other guideance on DIY sparge arms would be great too!
Thanks in advance for the advice.
Cheers n Beers
Jolls
I am about to have a crack at my first AG brew - an Australian Ale. I have searched the forum but could not locate the answer to my question. I trust this hasn't been answered a million times before!
I am making a 19 litre wort for kegging and have used Brewers Friend to figure that I need 5.4 litres of strike water at 67 C and 23.9 litres at 76 C for sparging. My lautering tun is a 25 litre square esky with a manifold made from brsided hose with the rubber removed in an oval manifold ri=unning to a ball valve. I unnderstand that the temperatures are at the grain; however, given this is my first try and I have no data to figure out my heat losses I need a start pointto work from. I estimate maybe a 5 degree heat loss between the HLT and the grain - but this is a SWAG. Can anyone give me a guide as to what the recommeded temperatures should be in the HLT? The HLT is likely to be another 25 or so litre esky with a silicone hose between the two. I have yet to build the sparge arm but was thinking a simple T in 1/2 inch copper with some 1.5mm holes drilled in down each side at around 30 degrees from vertical. Any other guideance on DIY sparge arms would be great too!
Thanks in advance for the advice.
Cheers n Beers
Jolls