Sergent Sparge Head - Wort Spreader and Aerator

www.kegland.com.au/products/k...
The Sergent Sparge Head is an inexpensive and useful device to spread wort over your malt pipe.
The 1/2 thread will is compatible with many brewery fittings making it easy to use and install to your recirculation arm for your single vessel brewery or alternatively to the lid of another brewery design.
This is also great for aeration. If you wanted to pump the wort from your brewery into your fermenter this device will increase the oxygen absorption creating the ideal conditions to pitch yeast.

[@Jimsmith656]

Used this yesterday in a brew. Worked great, It was a lager though not sure it will work with beers like NEIPAS etc as you have to have the pump on quite high for the spread and i think you would get a stuck mash and overflow quickly. Was very happy with it for my Lager though. Cheers

[@anthonys439]

Love the continuous innovation but I feel in this case you're actually not getting any coverage over 80%+ of the grain bed if using for recirc or sparge, it's just going down the sides, unless you reduce the flow. I see the application potentially for aerating.

[@jello1977]

I thought this too. However, as someone that never uses the defusing screen, I would take this option over recirculating via a silicon tube.

[@anthonys439]

@@jello1977 oh yeh totally, you're not wrong, personally I use the ss brewtech recirc manifold.

[@KegLand]

I had this raised higher than what you would actually need. Normally if you lower this down so it's only about 1cm above the grain bed that works best or even have the tip of the jet submerged in liquid. The only reason I did not do this in the video is because you wouldn't be able to see the device if I did that.

[@craig.n.gaylene]

I got one and I'll be using it in my next mash.

[@KegLand]

Yes they are pretty handy. If customers really like this product we may oneday include this with the brewery and get rid of the malt pipe top screen.

[@Trevor.Morrice]

Looks like it will just channel the sides

[@KegLand]

I had this raised higher than what you would actually need. Normally if you lower this down so it's only about 1cm above the grain bed that works best or even have the tip of the jet submerged in liquid. The only reason I did not do this in the video is because you wouldn't be able to see the device if I did that.

[@louiej77]

​@@KegLandwhy not just use the flexiarm during recirculation?

[@KieranShort]

3:30 It's spreading down the sides instead of the middle.. channels down the edges?

[@TheMattMustain]

I wondered the same. Maybe reduce the flow output to bring in the spread in a little? I like the idea though. 🍻

[@KegLand]

I had this raised higher than what you would actually need. Normally if you lower this down so it's only about 1cm above the grain bed that works best or even have the tip of the jet submerged in liquid. The only reason I did not do this in the video is because you wouldn't be able to see the device if I did that.

[@PortlyGentleman]

That is a super slick setup. I really like that. I'm going to have to get one?

[@KegLand]

Hey Bradley. We are more than happy to send one to you if you want to try it out.

[@adrianreed5464]

Looks good. Don you sell the fixing kit to fit it to the lid, and if so can you then use it with the Bluetooth probe? Cheers

[@joshsoondarum]

What washers/gaskets are you using between the glass and the half inch lock nut?

[@adrianreed5464]

Great idea, just got it, but it is pretty useless using to recirculate wort through as it gets blocked so easily.

[@michaelmikeyjacobs]

Are those lid washers/gaskets listed on the site at all

[@paskrell]

I wonder how I can get the flex tube and or sparge head to work on the g40. Any tips???

[@mkeysou812]

Hmm looks to be a bit focused on the sides. I would recommend using the Kegland CIP spray rotor for maximum wort distribution - it's the only way to be sure

[@KegLand]

The CIP spray rotor can also be used to spread word but the only small constraint with this is that it can throw the wort up a bit too high that it splashes out of the vessel.

[@mkeysou812]

@@KegLand Make sure the lid's on tight!

[@j4nch]

Damned, I love so much kegland products, but it's so hard to get it over here(switzerland) some distributors, but takes like 4 month to get delivered and they have only 1/4 of your catalog

[@KegLand]

It's best to check with our distributor list here: www.kegland.com.au/distributor We launch all new products in Australia but if you check with the local distributor in your area they can normally give you a better idea of the arrival date.

[@j4nch]

​@@KegLandThat's what I did. Some said they were not including some parts in their line, some that they might add this to their next order, but could be months, and some are just small companies that doesn't sell your products anymore

[@Styv93]

Isn't there the risk that it get stuck? Usually there is some parts of grains that circulate

[@KegLand]

Not with this device. The orrifice at the end is much larger than the CIP spray rotor for instance. The opening at the end has about 4 x 5mm size holes approximately.

[@Styv93]

@@KegLand looking forward to try it!! When does it come to Europe approximately?

[@stefanachten8235]

I have the Kegland Low Volume CIP Spinning Spray Rotor: could this be used for Aeration into the fermentor?

[@KegLand]

Probably. Not really going to have a massive impact though IMO

[@louiej77]

Did you guys make a new lid?

[@KegLand]

we have been making new distillation lids called the PRO lit.

[@beernie1946]

What material is the wort spreader made of?

[@KegLand]

This one is made from POK (polykeytone)

[@Nagellan]

Hello. Is it heat resistant?I mean is it ok for 100 C?

[@KegLand]

Can handle boiling for short periods. 75C is better

[@davidsteel7778]

Is there any suppliers in the uk

[@KegLand]

You should try these guys. They stock quite a bit of our stuff already: brewkegtap.co.uk/

[@MartinMio]

This is solving a problem which dosnt exist. If your stirring the wert then there's no channelling.

[@KegLand]

we generally only recommend stirring at the start of the mash or of you get a stuck sparge.

[@JDKeppo]

Is this 1/2 BSP thread or NPT?

[@KegLand]

BSP

[@wademitchell72]

I get a feeling something is going to end up stuck in their.

[@mrknaldhat]

It's not ideal splashing the wort during the mashing process. It must slowly run on top. Hot side aeration is a concern. Oxygen is always bad for wort/beer except for that one point in time where the yeast needs it for synthesizing sterols for the cell membranes of daughter cells during budding. Yeast is just more important then, but still, it's a tradeoff. It will still oxidize the wort.

[@KnobbyWobby]

Hot side oxidation, and wether it even exists, is a heavily contested topic. Blanket statements like these are not helpful and more wrong than right. If you want to get into LODO brewing you probably shouldn't be using a Brewzilla in the first place.

[@bfplay4freebattlefie]

Hot side aeration is one of the most useless things homebrewers concern themselves with. You are much more likely to get oxidation from your other practices when the beer is done fermenting than it doing something from the hot side. Its not something even the brewery I work at concern ourselves with, the beer will be drunk long before hot side aeration oxidizes it...

[@DScythe888]

@@bfplay4freebattlefie "You are much more likely to get oxidation from your other practices when the beer is done fermenting than it doing something from the hot side" yes, but if your cold side is sorted then hot side can come into play and be a potential area for improvement

[@KegLand]

Yes you are correct. I had this placed quite high so you can see how the liquid comes out of the jet but really it's best to lower the jet so it's right next to the top of the grain bed to minimize splashing. I am not 100% convinced that hot side aeration is a thing but it's so easy just to lower this to the top of the malt it's something you may as well do.