I have been brewing for about 6 years and after a several year sabbatical I've brewed 8 batches this year with 6 all grain and the last 3 have been on my RIMS. The RIMS is working well and I have been able to hold temperature in the mash and mashout. My question is: should I continue to recirculate the sweet wort while I am sparging. I have a drain tap on the outlet side of the heater that drains into the kettle. I set this to drain about 2-3 cups per minute to get a 30-45 minute sparge and I continue to recirculate until the top of the grain bed is uncovered.
I have been debating with myself (I have won yet
as to whether makes since or not. My first thought in doing this was to maintain the sparge temperature, but I am concerned that I am not washing the sugars out well if I keep putting sweet wort on top.
Thoughts?
David
PS: Why isn't sparge in the dictionary on a brewing forum?
I have been debating with myself (I have won yet
Thoughts?
David
PS: Why isn't sparge in the dictionary on a brewing forum?