I brew on a 3 vessel system most of the time. The problem I've been having lately is getting a consistent sparge rate/time when pumping from mash tun to boil kettle. And I get significant variation on mash efficiency, depending on that sparge rate.
I run the flow out of mash tun through a Riptide pump, and the inlet to my boil kettle has a ball valve that I adjust to get what I judge to be a suitable flow rate into the boil kettle.
I was wondering if any other 3 vessel brewers that fly sparge have developed any techniques to get a repeatable sparge time, or some gear they use? I was thinking of I could put a flow meter there, I could manually adjust the ball valve until I hit a target flow rate.
Anyone have something worth sharing? Also, I'm not interested in someone telling me to go BIAB or batch sparge. I'm specifically interested in fly sparge..
I run the flow out of mash tun through a Riptide pump, and the inlet to my boil kettle has a ball valve that I adjust to get what I judge to be a suitable flow rate into the boil kettle.
I was wondering if any other 3 vessel brewers that fly sparge have developed any techniques to get a repeatable sparge time, or some gear they use? I was thinking of I could put a flow meter there, I could manually adjust the ball valve until I hit a target flow rate.
Anyone have something worth sharing? Also, I'm not interested in someone telling me to go BIAB or batch sparge. I'm specifically interested in fly sparge..