I have it admit to being put off by the sound of the complexity of it all.... I'm sure it can be made easier and turn out really well. I still haven't really got my head round it all, especially the sparging bit, and I'm sure just attending a brewing session would make it all obvious..... I better start searching Youtube....ade1865 wrote:
It really is a lot less hassle to do than to read about, so congratulations on getting stuck right in.
A few questions about getting started
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Find your alcohol % like this: OG 1.045 minus your FG 1.010 = 35.
Now devide 35 by 7.5 ( near enough) and you get 4.6%
I just read elsewher another idea which I though worth mentioning here:
instead of a a shower rose, place one of those foil oven trays from the supermarket full of tiny holes, onto your grain bed when sparging. It means you don't necessarily have to stand there and sprinkle evenly for ages. Just pour out the water and let the tray do it for you.
A deep tray would work even better.
Now devide 35 by 7.5 ( near enough) and you get 4.6%
I just read elsewher another idea which I though worth mentioning here:
instead of a a shower rose, place one of those foil oven trays from the supermarket full of tiny holes, onto your grain bed when sparging. It means you don't necessarily have to stand there and sprinkle evenly for ages. Just pour out the water and let the tray do it for you.
A deep tray would work even better.
that could be a problem, your grain bed should be significantly hotter during sparging than when mashing, to rinse the remaining sugars out. Check the temp of the grain bed, I got a shock when I did.Prozac wrote:Wouldn't the water cool significantly?
Now I have the water in my HLT for sparging at about 90C-95C, once it's gone down a short tube, into the sparge arm and then sprayed out of those tiny holes, it has cooled down and the grain bed is about 80C+.
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