AT-JeffT
Well-Known Member
Hey Everyone,
I just picked up a cooler mash tun and turkey fryer.
Today I had a stuck sparge (poor manifold) and I ended up shoveling out the mash and replacing my manifold with a large nylon bag. The nylon bag worked really well, but when I got around to (fly) sparging my sparge water was 134F.
I had 67% Brewhouse efficiency overall. This should be better as I was getting slightly better when I was doing stovetop BIAB partial boils (3.5gal).
My question is did my 134F sparge temp drop my efficiency down the 10-15% I am looking for?
I just picked up a cooler mash tun and turkey fryer.
Today I had a stuck sparge (poor manifold) and I ended up shoveling out the mash and replacing my manifold with a large nylon bag. The nylon bag worked really well, but when I got around to (fly) sparging my sparge water was 134F.
I had 67% Brewhouse efficiency overall. This should be better as I was getting slightly better when I was doing stovetop BIAB partial boils (3.5gal).
My question is did my 134F sparge temp drop my efficiency down the 10-15% I am looking for?