sparge

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To avoid having to make any conversions to the cooler, you use a batch sparge procedure for collecting your wort.

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  1. transitive verb To spray or sprinkle.
  2. transitive verb To introduce air or gas into (a liquid).
  3. noun A sprinkle.

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  • To avoid having to make any conversions to the cooler, you use a batch sparge procedure for collecting your wort. —  FriendFeed - georgeh
  • Well, if you pick a reasonable mash thickness for the batch sparge, 4.0 lbs. —  FriendFeed - georgeh
  • After the mash is completed, you will drain all the wort in the cooler (the first wort), then add more hot water (sparge water) and collect the second volume of wort (the second wort). —  FriendFeed - georgeh
  • While the grains are mashing, begin heating 5.5 quarts (5.2 L) of sparge water to 180-190 °F (82-88 °C) in a large kitchen pot. —  FriendFeed - georgeh
  • Leave the grain bag in the cooler and pour the 180-190 °F (82-88 °C) sparge water you have been heating into the cooler. —  FriendFeed - georgeh
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  1. Obsolete French espargier, from Old French, from Latin spargere.

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  1. Latin spargo, a sprinkling, from spargere, sprinkle, spray.
 

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