2010 Sept./Oct. - Batch Sparging

[denny]

I batch sparge a bit differently, and I don’t calculate.

1. mash normally
2. drain mash tun into boil kettle (after clearing the wort/vorlaufing)
3. measure the wort in the kettle
4. add either the full amount remaining or half the amount remaining
5. repeat as necessary from item 2.

Works every time and no worry about dead space.

The empirical method!  In my article, I address that in the section “Science or Seat of the Pants?”.