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Quote from: ynotbrusum on January 05, 2016, 03:21:19 pmIt may be purely anecdotal and I would advocate for a good experiment by someone independent on the issue - but raising the mash temp up at the end by adding hot sparge water seems to improve beer body and head retention in my experience.Do you mean a single infusion I assume? I sparge hot ( 185 -195F) and do like the results. I'd be curious to see an Xbmt. And you batch sparge, right ?
It may be purely anecdotal and I would advocate for a good experiment by someone independent on the issue - but raising the mash temp up at the end by adding hot sparge water seems to improve beer body and head retention in my experience.
I heat my sparge water to 185-195F to raise the grain bed into the neighborhood of 170F, the temp for a mash out. However I don't hold the temp for a period of time, I just drain at that point. So it's sort of a faux-mashout.