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re: General home brewing thread: Ask questions and get answers..
Posted on 1/7/13 at 8:53 am to LSUAlum2001
Posted on 1/7/13 at 8:53 am to LSUAlum2001
Can this be a general homebrewing related thread now?
So, I batch sparged my first all grain batch last night.
Had some issues with getting the wort to flow at first. I think that was because some grain got under my false bottom.
I added the water first then stirred in the grain. Should I add the grain first to weigh down the false bottom then add the water?
Should I make a gasket of sorts around the edge of the false bottom with some tubing?
My gravity was a little low. I think this was because my sparge water was a little too cool. Was only 168ish when I pulled it off the burner then I had issues with flow for a few minutes while draining into the kettle so it sat around outside for a few minutes.
So, I batch sparged my first all grain batch last night.
Had some issues with getting the wort to flow at first. I think that was because some grain got under my false bottom.
I added the water first then stirred in the grain. Should I add the grain first to weigh down the false bottom then add the water?
Should I make a gasket of sorts around the edge of the false bottom with some tubing?
My gravity was a little low. I think this was because my sparge water was a little too cool. Was only 168ish when I pulled it off the burner then I had issues with flow for a few minutes while draining into the kettle so it sat around outside for a few minutes.
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Posted on 1/7/13 at 8:56 am to s14suspense
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I added the water first then stirred in the grain.
That's what I do for the most part. With my false bottom I had a problem with it not sitting level on in the mash tun. I was able to adjust the elbow of it to level it out. That solved pretty much all the stuck sparge problems for me.
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My gravity was a little low.
How low are we talking?
Posted on 1/7/13 at 8:59 am to s14suspense
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I added the water first then stirred in the grain. Should I add the grain first to weigh down the false bottom then add the water?
I have read (Palmer) that you want to slowly add water to your grain to avoid thermal shock, but that's a pain with temperature loss and dough balls. I did that my first couple times, but then just started dumping the grains in to the water. I use a steel hose, so no worries on it like you were having with your false bottom.
Posted on 1/7/13 at 9:13 am to s14suspense
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I added the water first then stirred in the grain. Should I add the grain first to weigh down the false bottom then add the water?
Everything i've read says to always add water to grain, and not the other way around. Too easy to get a stuck sparge adding grain to water, and you can easily get inconsistent temperatures that way. It also seems easier adding grain first as opposed to water.
Posted on 1/7/13 at 9:31 am to s14suspense
I'm never switching from extract
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