When I sparge in my fermenter I clean it during the boil so that is not an issue.
Heating sparge water is an issue. I bought a second M&B, mash in one and sparge in the other. But if I am using my fermenter as a sparge vessel I heat all my water then transfer my sparge water volume to a...
Do you sparge?
Palmer has the math for stepping up a recipe to a no sparge recipe. I tried it and usually would have to add approx. 20% more grain to make the same numbers as a recipe that was created with a sparge. By that calculator
I use a Mash and Boil and realized that my malt pipe...
I use one package for 5-6 gallons @68F. I bottle when the krausen falls, at around 10 days or so.
Try open fermentation like my pictures. My “research” is that with a shallower fermenter the CO2 doesn’t agitate the fermenting beer keeping the banana flavor/aromas in the beer.
I visited a...
Open fermentation and Lallemand Munich Classic was the game changer for my Hefeweizen. I took some to my drinking buddy from Germany. He took a drink and said "Now THAT's the taste I've been missing!"
I use a bag and my crush looks close to the pictures in How to Brew. I have a second M&B that I batch sparge in. I recently realized that the malt pipe fits in my Anvil fermenter so I can sparge in it .