1. sprinkled or scattered liquid droplets over something
Usage: brewing; technical
2. rinsed grain with hot water to extract sugars
Usage: brewing

Examples

• The brewer sparged the grain bed with hot water.
• She sparged the malt to extract the remaining sugars.
• The equipment automatically sparged the brewing ingredients.
• He carefully sparged the grain at the correct temperature.
• The process requires that the grain be sparged thoroughly.
• They sparged the mash to maximize sugar extraction.