What is Sparging?Sparging is the rinsing of the grain bed to extract as much of the sugars from the grain as possible without extracting mouth-puckering tannins from the grain husks. Typically, 1.5 times as much water is used for sparging as for mashing (e.g., 8 lbs. malt at 2 qt./lb. = 4 gallon mas

It seems that every home winemaker dreams of turning his hobby into a career. As a seasoned home brewer, it’s hard to imagine going straight into the business world, look at the craft breweries in your area and you’ll probably see plenty of examples of leaping, but it’s not an easy thing to do. Prof

Heat exchangers are used to optimize heat transfer from one gas or liquid to another during processing and cleaning in place (CIP). Fouling or aging can result in degraded heat exchanger performance and additional operating and energy costs to compensate for the difference in target temperature. The