Questions tagged [sparge]
Sparging is a step at the end of the lautering process to extract much of the remaining sugars from brewing grains by adding additional hot water to the mash.
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How do you sparge?
One of the biggest hurdles I came across when switching to all-grain was learning how to sparge. I honestly still don't think I do it 100% correctly. There are very detailed descriptions online, but ...
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Can I skip the mash out replacing it by sparging?
I'm a new homebrewer and have a newbie question: can I skip the mash out time just replacing it by sparging since the water temperature is the same? What kind of things can happen doing this?
Thanks!
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How to increase gravity / decrease amount of water in my wort, and extract the same amount of sugars?
I have this problem: I'm regularly achieving 90% efficiency with my mash and sparge, and I like this effect. But I usually end up with about 30 ~ 35 liters when I aim for 20 ~ 22 liters. Boil to ...
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Preventing a Stuck Sparge
What steps pre-mash can be taken to limit the likelihood of a stuck sparge?
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How do I batch sparge?
Currently I'm an extract plus specialty grain brewer. I want to be an all-grain brewer.
That said, I'm trying to figure out the whole sparging thing. I know I need more grain to get the same ...
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How do you sparge small amounts of grain in a partial mash recipe?
For less than around 2 pounds of milled grain in a nylon bag, do you need an elaborate sparging process?
Do you need much of the equipment for an all-grain setup, or can you basically just soak the ...
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Poor mash efficiency - help please
I am a few all-grain brews in using the Robobrew (poor mans Grainfather) and they have actually turned out great!. One thing I haven't been able to figure out though is how to improve efficiency. ...
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