re: General home brewing thread: Ask questions and get answers..

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So, could a low sparge temp equal low efficiency? What temp do you sparge with?

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Possibly. What has helped my efficiency out is splitting my batch sparge up in to two sparges. I use a lot of pils in my recipes and go with 90 minute boils, so I usually have large sparge volume that can easily be split. I will heat the sparge water up to around 180 and then sparge right at 169-170.

I've read on HBT of some people doing cooler sparges and having no noticeable efficiency problems, but I've never done it.