29thfloor
Well-Known Member
I'm doing my second all grain recipe from Austin Homebrew and I'm trying to figure out how much water to use for a batch sparge. The instructions it comes with just say to use 5 gallons and fly sparge until I run off 6.25 gallons.
I'm assuming I would just subtract the first runnings volume from 6.25 and use that amount for the sparge? Is grain absorption an issue during the sparge? I was thinking that after the mash the grains will have already taken in all the water they can so so, if anything, it would be a lot less during the sparge.
I'm assuming I would just subtract the first runnings volume from 6.25 and use that amount for the sparge? Is grain absorption an issue during the sparge? I was thinking that after the mash the grains will have already taken in all the water they can so so, if anything, it would be a lot less during the sparge.