suffolkbeer
Regular.
Had a bit of a disaster today and ended up throwing out my wort......
Fist time I tried fly sparge as I have done batch sparge before and not had any problem with that.
I mashed for 60min as normal and collected the wort. I then laid tin foil over the malt and perforated with a toothpick. I then poured the sparge water over the foil but couldn't retain 1" of liquid over the foil (have read this is what one should do). The sparge ran through the grain very fast and as a result I'm guessing didn't rinse out the sugars properly? The gravity after this process was very low.
Should I have closed the run-off tap partially to slow the sparge draining out of the tun????
Fist time I tried fly sparge as I have done batch sparge before and not had any problem with that.
I mashed for 60min as normal and collected the wort. I then laid tin foil over the malt and perforated with a toothpick. I then poured the sparge water over the foil but couldn't retain 1" of liquid over the foil (have read this is what one should do). The sparge ran through the grain very fast and as a result I'm guessing didn't rinse out the sugars properly? The gravity after this process was very low.
Should I have closed the run-off tap partially to slow the sparge draining out of the tun????