lpdjshaw
Well-Known Member
So, I just did my first fly sparge after batch sparging for a few years but I have a question that arrose toward the end of the process. I mashed for an hour, mashed out then started my sparge process, no problems. Once I had pumped over all of my calculated sparge water (plus an added gallon or so) I still had about 3 gal to go in my BK to reach my pre boil volume. I stopped pumping sparge water from my HLT and continued transferring wort at the same rate to my BK until I reached my correct volume. There was about 2 gal left in my MLT once I was done. I hit my calculated gravity spot on.
So my question is: are you supposed to continue transferring sparge water to keep an inch or two of water on top of the grain bed until you get your correct per boil volume or do you stop like I did and just drain the last few gallons from your MLT into the BK?
So my question is: are you supposed to continue transferring sparge water to keep an inch or two of water on top of the grain bed until you get your correct per boil volume or do you stop like I did and just drain the last few gallons from your MLT into the BK?