How To Build A Stainless DIY Sparge Arm for under $10 with restaurant supplies.

[@mikequebedeaux7224]

Hi Brian. Mike here. I'm making a Sparge arm for the spike solo system I just bought. I'll take a photo when I'm done and send it to you. There's a restaurant supply store close by my house so great video. Thanks.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Nice!! Please send me pics! 👍🍻

[@johnfox2709]

Very clever re-use of parts not originally intended for brewing!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks!! I'm always looking for stuff to repurpose! 🍻👍

[@skokieIL]

I drilled into my rubbermaid cooler lid and installed a bulkhead with a camlock on top and a sparge assembly on the inside. Closed sparging system, great for recirculation after mash too.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

skokieIL Nice! Great solution! Sounds like it works for you! 👍🍻

[@brianleduke7536]

I used a 8" round disk shower head threaded into a 1/2 quick disconnect. I drilled a hole into a steel plate that sits on top of the kettle, in which a threaded nipple attaching the disconnect to the shower head goes through.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

That works for sure! Was it stainless and or food safe material? Cheers! 🍻👍

[@slugger777]

I use a 50ml syringe with a piece of vinyl tubing on the end to take samples of my beer during fermentation without opening the lid. I also use this syringe to start my siphon by just pulling the plunger out of the syringe and leaving the rest of it attached to the vinyl tubing when racking. Really useful really cheap.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Cook hack!! I might have to borrow that one!!

[@agoodcitizen6974]

I used a hospital medicine hanging stand to hold my grain bags. It was free on the side of the road . worked good.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Haha that's a great find! Cheers! 👍🍻

[@Bmxmusikian]

Nice lol.... I need something like that. Using my keyboard stand atm but its a bit iffy

[@AlyseKnits]

I use my Anova sous vide device to heat and maintain temperature in my spare tank, which is clear plastic sous vide tank with a weldless ball valve spigot. I t has a lid that is already made for the Anova, and the tank is marked with quarts and liters. I already had the Anova, I only needed to get the tank and the spigot to make a VERY accurate (+- 1 deg F) sparge tank.

[@77transamguy]

Nice build, gives me an idea of what I can make next! As far as repurposing stuff, I have an electric power steering assist gearbox assembly from a Saturn to run my corona mill, I have an electric water pump from a BMW to power my keg washer and cirulate ice water through my wort chiller and I have a pond pump to circulate water through a heater core with a fan to cool down my fermentation chamber.

[@johhnyglaze1]

Nice. If ever I need a new sparge arm I'll do this. I use a CPVC sorta manifold that I drilled a bunch of holes at the bottom. Its square and just slides into the hose I use and I can manipulate the way they connect to even out a wide sparge over the grains.Its like rain drops and I go real slow for high efficiency.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Whatever works!! 👍🍻

[@DontStopBrent]

Brian. Just found you. I REALLY appreciate you sharing. I know it’s a great deal of work. I thank you.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Welcome Brent! Glad to have you! 👍🍻

[@Kenworth0617]

I haven't made anything out of stainless, but I did make a hop spider using a 4" PVC pipe connector, 3 carriage bolts, 6 washers, 6 nuts, and a hose clamp. I use a Muslin bag to hold the hops. I have also made my own wort chiller out of copper. each one of these projects probably saved me half of the original cost.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

NICE! That is what it's about. If you have the tools and ability, you can save money and be proud of something you made! Cheers!

[@JeffMadre]

I use the tan food safe solar pump you can find on Amazon to push hot wort through my homemade 50’ counterflow wort chiller. Works good and has held up for a few batches now. I attach it directly to the kettle valve using a quick disconnect.

[@andrewoloffson7754]

Wanted the Anvil Foundry but as we know got to wait. Anyways, got my darkstar and an Anvil 10 gallon and brewed outside/garage for the first time. Live in Chicago, Pullman neighborhood and the neighbors loved the smell! So, cheers for the tips for the sparge arm while I wait for a while.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Definitely!! Wait til the have some of the beer! They'll love it even more!! 👍🍻

[@captainnibby]

I love my homebrewing supplier, they're only a couple hours away so when I order I get it quick, OR I can visit their store. However, some things are just more money because someone else made it. A friend of mine found a huge length of copper natural gas line in his backyard and I turned that into a wort chiller for pretty much free except tubing and fittings, my pin lock keg wrench I just bought the right socket and my dad and I notched it out ($4 instead of like $25), and I've made a filter system from a clearance $10 filter housing. And probably more stuff, but those were the big money savers.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Yeah some of my favorite projects are making things for free or modifying a result available item to use for brewing. 👍🍻

[@klebsartstudios]

I am an electrical engineer who loves building and using brewing equipment. last year i wanted to do lagers, but didnt want to use a fridge and carboys ( i use conicals ), so i designed and built a glycol chiller from a window AC unit, and installed a SS coil into my conical....takes up very little space, and is far more accurate than a fridge for temp control. I am looking to make these as needed to sell locally in my area , and have had quite a few homebrewers interested! considering the cost of commercial units, and what SS brewtech wants for theirs, mine are a good alternative.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

That is awesome! Do you have a thread on HBT I think I may have seen it. 👍🍻

[@klebsartstudios]

No videos, however my brother made one of his glycol chiller, and posted it...hes on youtube as klebbenator

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Okay cool I'll have to check it out!! 👍🍻

[@norfolkhillbilly]

My favourite is a big funnel of now what machine, but it has a removable filter screen so I use it to increase the size of my grain mill hopper, then wash it fit the screen and use it post boil to filter into the fv.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

norfolkhillbilly nice!

[@scraffen]

Brian, great videos.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks!! 👍🍻

[@KegLand]

Top work! Love the video mate. Keep up the good work!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks guys! 👍🍻

[@jmvq16188]

Super clever! Thank you

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Welcome! 👍🍻

[@perrymattes4285]

Hey Brian, to make life a little nicer to attach. Pick up a cheep tig welder. To do a job like this all you need to do is fuse the stainless together Nice project. I’ll will look for the parts and make one too

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

I need a tig in my life!! 👍🍻

[@mikej5909]

Interesting idea Brian. Off the top of my head, aside from copying the use of a 30 qt stainless mixing bowl for an exhaust hood, I've used strips of plastic cut from a storage bin lid to reinforce the connector side of my fermwrap heaters, made my own thermowells out of 1/4" OD SS tube I had lying around and made the beer menu board for the top of my beer fridge out of one of the fridge shelves. I'm also getting a perforated pizza pan to put on top of my mash because I had some channeling in my American Wheat mash, although I think that was mostly my fault for not paying attention and putting way too much water in the tun and having a very loose mash. Also, on a side note, I finally finished the brew shed (well almost) so I really need to get a my butt in gear and get a good camera to make some better videos of the brewery and other project ideas I have. Cheers

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Awesome Mike! This hobby allows so much imagination and ingenuity. Both in equipment and recipes. Cheers! 👍🍻

[@z_sloathe5672]

Nice video. Great detail. One basic item I have used is a 5 gal paint strainer bag as a hop strainer bag. A 2 pack is about $5 and they last several brews.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Those work for sure! And if you need to throw them away.. No big money loss! Cheers Sam! 👍🍻

[@Caffiend001]

I like to use those with partial mashes. Out with the grains they go!

[@skoue4165]

I use coper tubing for all kinds of stuff. I have one that swirls the wort that I switch out for one that is kind of a hook with the end flattened a bit. I use that to spray the wort into the fermenter. THey all end with flair fittings that attach to CamLocks. This is an interesting show since I traditionally do a batch sparge in my cooler/ mash tuns, but that doesn't really work with the robobrew.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Sounds like you have a good solution! I just like building stuff Lol.. Cheers! 👍🍻

[@chazmac2677]

Love it!!! Gonna use the circle I cut out of my Snake Keg to fab this up. Thank you for the idea!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

For sure!! Let me know how it works! 👍🍻

[@chazmac2677]

Short Circuited Brewers working great. Sent you a video on FB messager. Thanks for the inspiration! 🍻💪

[@sidewinderdrums]

I am so close to starting on my electric BIAB system, but I think I need to wait till yours is done before I do mine. Yours sounds so similar to what I have planned - 1650w element - modified inkbird ipb-16 from brewhardware - solar pump (for now). My pot already has a stainless basket, but it will still need a mesh bag because of the large holes in my basket.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Does sound almost exact! Is your element Tri-Clover?

[@sidewinderdrums]

I have not purchased yet, but the one on my wish list is. One of the few items not from brewhardware. I am planning on getting that one from claw hammer supply - www.clawhammersupply.com/products/electric-heating-element-and-adapter . I want to be able to remove the element for cleaning (adds a few dollars, but I think well worth it).

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

That is a nice assembly!!

[@jamesgraham1404]

Hey Brian great idea and build. Thanks for this. Perfect timing too for me too. I'm just finishing building my eBIAB system using the Inkbird IPD-16 to which i still need to add a pump switch per your earlier video. I soldered on a 1.5in TC port into my kettle for a 1650 TC element, all from the great folks at BrewHardware. I'm using a 1800 watt induction cooking element as supplemental heat which in my testing will get me from mash to boil in about 25 min...not to shabby. And i run it off two separate 15 amp GFCI protected circuits so no need for 240 amp. I run my mash circulation/sparge through the lid of my kettle and it just runs directly onto the wort so I need something like this to disburse the spray efficiently. BTW I've had great success finding things to re-purpose at my local Value Village here in Vancouver - lots of used stainless just waiting to be re purposed for cheap! If you see any flaws in my thinking let me know. Keep the vids coming!!!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Nice James!! I am going to be using the sparge arm the exact same way! (Through the lid) I will employ the same TC connection, but I am doing it a little different for the element though. 1650 watts for a 110 system using the inkbird and then having a 5500 watt element I can swap out between my big kettle and this one.. Using my main control panel. Can't wait to see how fat that heats up lol!!! I like your double circuit connection solution! Been telling people for years that works just fine! Thanks for the comments!! Cheers James! 👍🍻

[@dmmflys]

There was another guy who used that kinda pump with a nano setup and he said he had good luck with it. I'll post video of his here if I can find it again. Tried to find a LARGE colander but all to $$ instead used one of those large bbq vegi baskets to set the bag in after mash to let the wort all drain out. Found it on clearance early thus winter after grilling season was over.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Cool! See if you can find the video. I would love to see it. Great find on the basket!!

[@imperia1999]

Nice little addition to the brewery got me thinking of making one, I’ve not made anything as of yet to go with brewing.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Get creating/building Steve!! Cheers! 👍🍻

[@BEERNBBQBYLARRY]

That's really neat. I may have to do the same or similar now that I have the Grainfather which requires continuous sparging.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Do it!! Make a video.. Lol Cheers Larry! 👍🍻

[@ujustgotranthru]

Good job my man! The bend technique that you used is liget! I made a mash tun out of a big easy oil less turkey fryer! Consistently get 95+ extraction rate and can move mash temps for protein rests in no time with recirculation.

[@Chad20109]

made a sparge arm with copper tubing with a threaded connection at the top with a ball valve, and a stainless pie pan with drilled out holes, the whole thing is L-shaped and adjustable to the mash height

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Nice! I love doing DIY stuff that sounds like a pretty good option that you made! Thanks for sharing! Cheers! 👍🍻

[@labozer]

This was exactly what i was looking for! Thank you :)

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Glad you found it helpful. I have a simpler and less tool intensive solution as well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/apCwXoF7hNFreNE

[@barrybrum]

I suggest you look into stainless steel flat shower heads, which come in 8" to 12" sizes (round or square) and on average cost $10.00 to $24.00 on Amazon with free shipping. They also have a standard 1/2" FIP thread on the connecting end.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Yes several people had suggested that. I have seen those as well. I enjoyed making it though... that was what was the most fun, seeing if I could make something that worked on the cheap. Thanks for the suggestion! Cheers!

[@barrybrum]

Sure, I can relate to the need to tinker. I've done the same and saved thousand of dollars over the years by repairing and building my on gear.

[@bryanwilson-187]

Hi Brian. Is there anything that holds the 2 brackets tight against the hose or is it just tension and friction? Wondering how it doesnt just fall off when you push wort through it. Thanks,

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

It's just the friction, you could put a hose clamp if you wanted to. The silicone provides a lot of grip for the stainless and the piece from the ladle handle I used has a "U" Shape to it so it works well. 👍🍻

[@MegaStamandster]

Nice addition!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Christopher Saint I like the way it turned out!!

[@youmbgtube]

I'm interested in the Anvil Foundry - do you think this would work better than their screen on top?

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Not sure if it is better, but it's what I use.. I like how it recirculates closer to the grainbed than the plate on top. Just my personal preference. 👍🍻

[@RockonBeerBlog]

Oh wow great little project. I was just thinking about how to make one of these after my last brewday. Given me some ideas. Thank you very much sir :)

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Heck yeah!! I enjoy building and designing! Probably from all those Lego's when I was a kid!! Lol Cheers!! 👍🍻

[@HEiriksson]

Repurposed stuff in my brewery: Old CPU heatsink to keep my SSR cool. General plastic storage box to build my electric control box into. Large IKEA colander to let the biab bag rest in and drain once I lift it out of the kettle.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Great ones!! Love this hobby! 👍🍻

[@travnat1]

Clothes pins. I always need 5 or 6 on brew day for various chores

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Nate T. Yeah!! I have some clamps like large close pins. For holding hoses, hops sacks etc.. Simple but effective!! Cheers! 👍🍻

[@daddynutz024]

Thanks very informative video. I m looking into Electric brewing. Having trouble running 220 line. Box on opposite side of house. But I'm working on it. Thanks

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Sure Chris! Thanks for commenting! 👍🍻

[@petercatto9795]

Hello Brian I bought it 82 litre stock pot and a what would you call it a silicone hose split two silicone hose down one side and use it as a gasket over the lid and use the stockpot as a fermenter and never ever have used plastic again and never had a problem with infections it's brilliant thank you

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Great idea Peter! I think Anvil makes a brew pot that they make something similar for. Great tip and I'm sure cost savings! 👍🍻

[@petercatto9795]

Hi Brian what got me started on the stainless steel was I hated the smell of plastic. Stainless steel is more hygenic & easier to clean.The cost of the stainless steel pot was the same price as one plastic 23ltr plastic fermenter AU$50. 82ltr stainless steel stock pot AU $50.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Peter CAtto I agree with you on that Peter I try to make everything that touches the beer stainless if possible. Other than hoses. I had a few people make comments about this sparge arm and how shower heads etcetera would be just as good but a lot of those have plastic in them and who knows what type of metal, I prefer what I made nothing but stainless. Cheers

[@EclipseBrewing]

Hi mate I built my 240v BIAB from a crab pot and put the recirculation in through lid (I don’t spare) and used a mini sprinkler head works great $1.20

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Cool! What material is it made of?

[@EclipseBrewing]

It’s brass I tried some different kinds and it worked best, I did a short build vid about it pretty boring I need to do some cool editing like you mate :)

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

YEAH!! I saw that video when I was researching tags for this video. Looks like it does a good job. Does it ever get clogged? I am assuming the bag keeps all but the fine particles contained. Subbed your channel. :)

[@EclipseBrewing]

Never has got blocked wort is very clean from the bag and I’ve never had a stuck stuck mash with wheat brews and I don’t use rice hulls in mash. Thanks for the sub ! I’m updating videos next wk so bare with the uploads. Looking forward to seeing your system.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

I figured that with the bag. No problem!! Look forward to more video from your channel. 👍🍻

[@goodolarchie]

I put a hole in my mash tun (so all of this can be done with the lid on - helpful in cold weather), put an L- stainless nipple, one side seals up the hole and leaves some 1/2 NPT thread, the other (perpendicular to tun walls) is fit to a 2" piece of copper that tapers down to 1/4" OD. Then there's two more pieces: One is a simple 12" length of 1/4" silicon tubing that fits snug around the taper, I use that for recirculation during the mash. The second is a simple sparge arm made out of 3/8" copper, it too snugs over the existing copper tapered fitting (I twist it on tight). Knowing that wouldn't hold it steady or flat alone, I brazed two other supporting arms to it, to rest nicely against the tun lip on the opposite sides (so contact points look like a isosceles triangle), and the lid still fits over this. Similar to other designs I drilled and chamfered about 10x 3/16" holes into the top, creating a nice shower over the middle half of the grain bed. I found having the option to run recirc-return tubing under the surface of the mash was paramount for some of the beer styles I do. A lot of HSA stuff is a myth, but you don't want a bunch of oxygenated sweet wort if you're doing stuff like kettle sours.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Nice solution!! Thanks for sharing it!

[@EvertyBrewing]

That's pretty sweet, another nice DIY project. Always love seeingv what people cvome up with.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks Tyler!! The wheels are always turning!! Cheers!👍🍻

[@craigneuberger9817]

Great video, i love making something outta nothing for brewing and alot of other things around the property cheers Brian

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks Craig!! Cheers!! 👍🍻

[@Bruhop60]

Well done. I would like to see it in use on a BIAB setup. Let us know how it worked. Better yet video it.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Bruhop60 will do!! Thanks! 🍻👍

[@leomurray-juers3642]

Nice work mate!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks Leo!! 👍🐨🍻

[@Caffiend001]

I put a sparge hose into my stainless steamer insert and clipped it to the side of the mash cooler as sparge arm. Woefully ineffective. I need to drill through the top of the mash cooler and it'll work.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Sounds like a plan! 👍🍻

[@GranMaXoXoFly]

What is a sparse and what is it used for, if you don’t mind my asking...

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

GranMaXoXoFly it is used a couple of ways. I will be using it to recirculate the wort to maintain mash temps. You use one of these to prevent the liquid from "drilling" a hole in the grain bed. It is also used for rinsing grains with sparge water during fly sparging. Main purpose is to gently and evenly distributed the liquid over the grain bed. Cheers! 👍🍻

[@DrHansBrewery]

Cool build!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks man!! 👍🍻

[@danmatias1068]

Well done!!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Thanks Dan! 👍🍻

[@TheHeraldOfChange]

a 80 year old, 60 Lt Copper Kettle and am turning it into a semi-manual, Braumeister clone.

[@Ausblack]

Centre punch the material and the drill won't dance across it and try using a smaller drill bit as a pilot. Bigger the drill bit the slower it needs to spin

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Definitely good tips!

[@dinobwelding2702]

you could also use cooking oil for cutting oil, extends the life of the bit and also food safe.

[@rodness5033]

what water pump are you using could you give me the model and brand is 12v or 110w where you bought it

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

This pump is the one. amzn.to/2FTryTo

[@Tetman-xx6tp]

Great vid, I'm looking forward to seeing some more brew in a bag videos.. probably be my next set up,, also my first home brew is almost ready😁... I'm hoping to do an oatmeal milk stout next

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Awesome! I am working as fast as I can.. Surprised no one has commented on the "stuff" in the background on the workbench.. *Easter egg..

[@Tetman-xx6tp]

I did notice a shinny box on the bench, did you perhaps build that lol

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

tetman74 000 can't take credit for that one!! Came in for review.. BIAB control panel.. Coming soon..

[@Tetman-xx6tp]

Nice, looking forward to it, also that was a great video with tony, sorry i missed it. Live that is lol

[@muzguz7276]

Drilling Stainless = pilot hole and increments until you get to your size and slow drill.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Good tip! 👍🍻

[@olivermajchrzak8580]

Cool built, but I‘m wondering oxygen is not good but this installation is getting lot‘s of oxygen into the circulated wort !? I prefer one of those ss venturi eductor nozzles (directly into the mash) fixed to camlock. Bye the way before you go into brewing in a cloth bag. I fixed a ss false bottom to a ss chimney pipe. Cheap and sturdy.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Oliver, thanks for the comment. As I will demonstrate in future videos, I will lower the sparge assy down to the level of the grain bed to circulate the wort. I won't have it suspended like in this video. I did that just to show the dispersion of the liquid. Cheers! 👍🍻

[@supaxr]

Another great video very helpful...I'll b making one similar..👌

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Cool! Glad you found it helpful! 👍🍻

[@frankhernandez5273]

Genius!👍👍👍

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

I try!! Lol 👍🍻

[@martystamplecoskie4804]

good video

[@ashagon]

I have a cheaper way. No sparge arm. I do only BIAB these days. I really like it.

[@tman9338]

What about an old shower head?

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

No really good safe and if you have any grain that recirculates through the system it will clog the small holes in a shower head.👍🍻

[@williammikula3090]

thnx dude nj

[@dihydrogenmonoxide]

how come you need a sparge arm for a BIAB system? I don't generally sparge when I BIAB...

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

I would use it to recirculate. You are correct I won't sparge.

[@dihydrogenmonoxide]

ah so you continuously recirculate when you BIAB? that's cool, I look forward to the followup videos! I don't have anything near that advanced yet :)

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Stay tuned! 👍🍻

[@michaelsmith1675]

Brain version 3.0 try a 12'' Square Stainless Steel Rain Shower Head from walmart or home depot

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Yeah but they have rubber in them most of the time. And I worry about the nozzles getting clogged. Have you tried it?

[@michaelsmith1675]

Go to a plumbing supply house you can get SS or all copper heads cost would be more or disassemble cheaper model an take internal guts out

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Yeah but then you miss out on the fun of making it yourself.. 😀🍻

Why not just use a watering can?

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Sure!! But then I wouldn't have been able to over complicate it!! Lol 👍🍻

[@zootallures7003]

Your drill bit(s) got dull and you work hardened your stainless steel strap. Can't baby stainless or it work hardens. And a hand drill can only baby stainless. You just don't have the strength to get even a small drill to produce an even chip.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Got the job done 😜 👍🍻

[@packattack2893]

I dont have the tools. Can you sell me one?

[@rogercorbett122]

Interesting low-cost solution! My only comment is that some 'purists' (not me) would throw up their hands in horror at the amount of oxygen that will introduce into the wort.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Well, Roger you're not the first person to mention that. I wish I would have made a comment in the video after all of the remarks I've received. My intention with the device is not to suspended over the grain bed as in the video. I only did that to display how even the dispersal was of the liquid. My intent is to lower it down through the lid so that the bottom of the disc is that water level so there's no cascading effect that would introduce O2 into the mix. Thanks for watching and commenting!! 👍🍻

[@rogercorbett122]

I guessed that would be the case. I don't follow that particular theory anyway, as I think that any oxygen introduced even by spray sparging would be quickly gone before doing any harm if you boil immediately. Before I built my RIMS setup that I also use for sparging I used to use a small watering can. My BIAB system uses a stainless steel mash tun with a perforated bottom so the sparge water only flows downwards and out the bottom.

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

Yeah I know Roger.. Lol there was a HEATED debate in a FB group. I just had to sit back and watch.. So many opinions.. Thanks again!! 👍🍻

[@deadliftD]

You talk about how the sparge arm is attached to the hose, but it's out of the shot on your video so it's not clear how you actually have it attached.

[@Robinhobeer]

Very nice video. You gave me a good new idea, thanks. I use a skimmer as a sparge (check my videos, if you want =D), so i really want a great sparge as this one you show us. Thanks from brazil! =D

[@andyh7537]

"I'm in the process of building a BIAB system, and I need a sparge arm"... What?!

[@ShortCircuitedBrewers]

That one will do the job for sure!! 👍🍻