I get a lot of questions about how I do these, so I made a short video.
Watched on FB, thanks for a look into your brewery, brew day attire, and process Denny
Even more simple than I had imagined. Thought you had bought a pump a few years back…
Pretty hands on, the same way I brew. As I have said in the past, people would probably laugh at my setup.
Thanks for sharing Denny, as always!
So no need to let the sparge settle before you start the second vorlaf?
Now we just need a live feed on brew day!
They’d laugh at mine, too. No pump even. Though my back is starting to request one. 
Funny, as that is the “sole” reason I started working out pretty heavily at the gym 10 years ago. Simply so I could lift all my brewday stuff without an aching back the next day.
I did. Ionly use it for recirculated chilling and pumping to the fermenter. I tried using it during my mash process, but it was more work than my normal method.
Nope. I’ve tested it many times and found no advantage to it.
Ah. I will adopt this as well then.
Another time saver. It adds up in the end.
Excellent
The hose coming off my mash tun is only six or eight inches.
Is the longer hose to eliminate the dreaded HSA? Am I a punk for having a short hose?
I use a longer one for two reasons…to make sure there is no chance of HSA. While I think the chance is extremely minimal, a few cents worth of hose makes sure. And my cooler drains better with a hose attached.
Completely agree Denny, just as I said over at the HBT efficiency thread.
No need to rest, no need to drain slowly. Just stir the crap out of it to make sure the sparge and grains are mixed very well.
I do a batch sparge in biab as well, mash, pull the bag, squeeze, combine with sparge water, open the grain bag, stir the crap out of it, pull the bag, squeeze again. By squeezing both times, you’re reducing the extract remaining in the grain bed twice, which improves lauter efficiency by about 5-10% depending on your process.
But does the length of hose improve the drainage? Is longer better? I have a hose attached, it’s just nowhere near the length of yours.
Despite the juvenile allusions, I am serious. It’s easy enough to use a longer piece of hose if it will improve the draining.
I feel my cooler drains better with a longer hose. I use ~ a 5 foot piece of silicon tubing, mostly for convenience. It lets me sit the cooler up on a garage bench top and have enough hose to go to the bottom of my kettle, which is on the floor.
Ok. I’ll have to give it a try.
The best length is enough to touch the bottom of the pot or bucket you are draining into. This will take full advantage of gravity. A little longer is A-OK, just not really bringing anything more to the party.