

In essence, is it better to do a two-stage with probably fairly wide ranging temperatures or would a three-stage system be better despite not hitting the ideal temperature on stage one due to such a low water addition? I'll unlikely hit the right temperature with the first sparge but it would be so easy to hit it on 2 and 3 compared to the 2 batch sparge method.Īpologies if this is confusing, I'm even confusing myself now! It would be so much easier for me to hit strike temperature on round 2 and 3, the issue is running off the first mash with only a 1.58l addition. Batch Sparge Round 3: Sparge with 9.07 L of 75.6 C water. Batch Sparge Round 2: Sparge with 9.07 L of 75.6 C water. Batch Sparge Round 1: Sparge with 1.58 L of 75.6 C water. Total Quantity of Water Required For Batch #1: 20.3L Made up from two equal quantities of: 14.5 liters of wort collected from the mash. Okay, I'll ask this question in a more direct manner because I'm not really getting to the issue I have. That sounds a little easier than what I've been doing so far and it eliminates the issue with topping up 12.5l of 65c water and 5Kg grain with approx 8l of water to achieve a first batch sparge at ~80c.
