I do an English sparge (drain the wort out of the grains, then pour sparge water in for a "second mash", wait 10 minutes, and drain) and am unsure as to how to treat my sparge water.
I use the EZ water calculator to calculate my mash mineral and acid additions. And it tells me what minerals to add to the sparge water, but not how much acid. I use 4.75 gallons mash water and 1.5 gallons sparge water, so should I just do a scaled ratio of acid?
9ml lactic acid in 4.75 gal = 2.8ml in 1.5 gal
Or is the whole thing changed after the mash has taken place, thus wildly throwing off my sparge pH one way or the other.
Difficult question I guess, but maybe someone has experience with this.
I use the EZ water calculator to calculate my mash mineral and acid additions. And it tells me what minerals to add to the sparge water, but not how much acid. I use 4.75 gallons mash water and 1.5 gallons sparge water, so should I just do a scaled ratio of acid?
9ml lactic acid in 4.75 gal = 2.8ml in 1.5 gal
Or is the whole thing changed after the mash has taken place, thus wildly throwing off my sparge pH one way or the other.
Difficult question I guess, but maybe someone has experience with this.