First Braumeister brew day water question.

[Matt12398]

I've adapted my approach slightly. I put my recipe in beersmith to work out the volumes. I fill the braumeister to the appropriate notch on the centre rod and mash. I then sparge with the difference based on the beersmith total mash volume figure. I sparge with unheated tap water as I've read several report of it not making any difference.

[IPA]

I've adapted my approach slightly. I put my recipe in beersmith to work out the volumes. I fill the braumeister to the appropriate notch on the centre rod and mash. I then sparge with the difference based on the beersmith total mash volume figure. I sparge with unheated tap water as I've read several report of it not making any difference.

I cannot believe that cold water will "rinse" sugar as efficiently as water at 78 degrees.

[Normski]

I agree with IPA.
Sparge water @ 78c
Norm

[kev93_10]

First time I brewed I did not sparge/rinse and I got 17 litres into the FV. When I started sparging I got 23-24 litres. You do the math...

Different gravities though.

What gravity were you aiming for on both brews and what did you achieve?

Pointless saying "I got more beer" if all you did was dilute what you had. Anyone could add water to a FV and increase volume but was the finished product what you intended?

K


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88 percent efficiency every time. Which means I use the grain bill for a 23 litre brew to make 25 litres. Surely that makes sense.

Wasn't what I was saying.

I said that if you dilute more and get more beer at a given efficiency with a fixed grain bill then it's pointless saying "free beer you do the math".

Like making 2 cups of tea with one tea bag. You've got more volume but same same quantity of extracted flavour split between the 2 cups.

K


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[mbarn]

I've always been a sparger, but recently tried full volume, no sparge. Efficiency was lower, amount in to FV was strangely lower, but it was easier to do.
Will be sparging again on next brew.

[IPA]

Wasn't what I was saying.

I said that if you dilute more and get more beer at a given efficiency with a fixed grain bill then it's pointless saying "free beer you do the math".

Like making 2 cups of tea with one tea bag. You've got more volume but same same quantity of extracted flavour split between the 2 cups.

I agree but is it not our aim to get your expected volume at the gravity you want? In other words if you want 23 litres why settle for 17. All you have to do is increase your grain bill and sparge. If you don't sparge you are wasting the fermentable sugars that are retained in the grain. That is in fact free beer.