Yeah, I never used to bother recirculating even a pint when I was brewing without pumps. Always had very clear beer in the end.DaaB wrote:I makes no difference though, I hade a go at batch sparging (proper) the other day and went for 2 run offs of equal length, i've never seen wort so murky, it was milky and no amount of recirculating changed it. It's now in bottles, star bright and tastes spot on.

/Phil.