How do you fly sparge?
#1
Posted 29 March 2009 - 09:47 AM
#2
Posted 29 March 2009 - 09:52 AM
#3
Posted 29 March 2009 - 09:52 AM
#4
Posted 29 March 2009 - 09:55 AM
This right cheeri just go until i have my boil volume in the kettle
#5
Posted 29 March 2009 - 09:56 AM
+1, but I do tend to monitor the gravity so if I get too low, I'll stop prior to reaching my intended volume. This hardly ever happens though. Actually, I don't think it has ever happened.i just go until i have my boil volume in the kettle
#6
Posted 29 March 2009 - 09:58 AM
#7
Posted 29 March 2009 - 09:59 AM
Ill check my gravity after my kettle is full just to see if it is high enough to either add to the kettle after I boil some off or maybe even be able to brew a smaller beer right after the first. I tend to not over plan and calculate my brew sessions, it takes away from what I love about brewing, the primal urge to tempt nature.+1, but I do tend to monitor the gravity so if I get too low, I'll stop prior to reaching my intended volume. This hardly ever happens though. Actually, I don't think it has ever happened.
#8
Posted 29 March 2009 - 10:19 AM
This, except I batch sparge for now...Ill check my gravity after my kettle is full just to see if it is high enough to either add to the kettle after I boil some off or maybe even be able to brew a smaller beer right after the first. I tend to not over plan and calculate my brew sessions, it takes away from what I love about brewing, the primal urge to tempt nature.
#9
Posted 29 March 2009 - 10:48 AM
i taste it periodically during sparge. if it's ever where i don't sense any sweetness, i stop.+1, but I do tend to monitor the gravity so if I get too low, I'll stop prior to reaching my intended volume. This hardly ever happens though. Actually, I don't think it has ever happened.
#10
Posted 29 March 2009 - 10:52 AM
Edited by dagomike, 29 March 2009 - 10:54 AM.
#11
Posted 29 March 2009 - 10:59 AM
#12
Posted 29 March 2009 - 11:13 AM
I do this too. I'll check my runoff gravity every so often just to make sure I'm not getting in trouble, but it has never been a problem. I usually get pretty close to my target preboil gravity but I don't sweat it if I miss it.i just go until i have my boil volume in the kettle
#13
Posted 29 March 2009 - 11:19 AM
add my vote cheer.i just go until i have my boil volume in the kettle
#14
Posted 29 March 2009 - 11:29 AM
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Posted 29 March 2009 - 11:41 AM
Ditto, heat a little more sparge water than i think i will need. If some sparge water stays in the tun not used, so what. I got what i want.I do this too. I'll check my runoff gravity every so often just to make sure I'm not getting in trouble, but it has never been a problem. I usually get pretty close to my target preboil gravity but I don't sweat it if I miss it.
#16
Posted 29 March 2009 - 12:01 PM
(i)BrewBasserThis, except I batch sparge for now...
#17
Posted 29 March 2009 - 12:07 PM
hey, I'm a batcher too. Never flied, too complicated, although i do own a march pump. never got around to the RIMS/HERMS yet, but got close.(i)BrewBasser
#18
Posted 29 March 2009 - 12:10 PM
Edith, stiffle yourself! Now!(i)BrewBasser
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Posted 29 March 2009 - 12:13 PM
#20
Posted 29 March 2009 - 12:17 PM
I've never understood what is so complicated about rinsing water through a bed of grain.Never flied, too complicated
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