sparger

Meanings

• noun

  A device used in brewing beer to aerate wort as it is being sparged with hot water, in order to extract the maximum amount of sugars and other solids.

  - "During the brewing process, the wort is sparged through the sparger to extract the maximum amount of sugars."
  - "The sparger is an essential piece of equipment for brewing beer at home."

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Variants

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sparge , sparged , sparger , spargers , sparges , sparging

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Etymology

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From the Old English word 'sparigan', meaning 'to sprinkle' or 'to spray'.

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Trivia

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1. The sparger was originally made from wood, but modern breweries use stainless steel or other materials for durability and ease of cleaning.

2. The sparger is sometimes referred to as a 'rinsing lauter tun' because it is used to rinse the grains in the mash tun with hot water before the wort is collected.

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1. wort: Unfermented beer that is sparged through the sparger during the brewing process.

2. mash tun: A large, insulated vessel used in the brewing process to mix and heat the malted barley and water to create wort.

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Culture

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The sparger is an important tool in the brewing industry, and has been used for centuries to help produce high-quality beer. It is often featured in brewery tours and educational materials about the brewing process.

How to Memorize "sparger"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a large, cylindrical piece of equipment with a series of perforations or holes along its length. Wort is poured through the top of the sparger, and hot water is sprayed up from the bottom to aerate the wort and extract the sugars and solids.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'sparger' with the brewing process and the extraction of sugars and solids from wort.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the word 'sparger' as 'Spraying Perforations for Aerating and Gathering Extracted Resources'.

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