Hi all,
I batch sparge. Just went from a 48qt retangular cooler with a braided stainless steel 'bathroom sink" manifold to a 10 gallon igloo with an 11inch false bottom. Making the wort today, am still collecting the first runnings. The sparge has stuck many times. The 10 gallon igloo and false bottom seem to be very popular, so thought I'd try it out. Not sure why so many stuck sparges. I crushed my grains twice with a BarleyCrusher set at 0.039 because I was hoping it would increase my lousy effeciency of 60%.. Maybe that's why I have a stuck sparge...?
Any suggestions? Please!
Dan D
I batch sparge. Just went from a 48qt retangular cooler with a braided stainless steel 'bathroom sink" manifold to a 10 gallon igloo with an 11inch false bottom. Making the wort today, am still collecting the first runnings. The sparge has stuck many times. The 10 gallon igloo and false bottom seem to be very popular, so thought I'd try it out. Not sure why so many stuck sparges. I crushed my grains twice with a BarleyCrusher set at 0.039 because I was hoping it would increase my lousy effeciency of 60%.. Maybe that's why I have a stuck sparge...?
Any suggestions? Please!
Dan D