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So I ran the two following efficiency tests in my small batch setup, I have a 2 gallon cylindrical MLT with a bucket lid turned false bottom. Not as good of a setup as my 10 gallon mlt, but I figured it would at least give me a reasonable comparison. Historically my small setup has immitated my...

Thanks, going to get some 2-row and run some efficiency tests using this new found information in my small batch system, it's the same in design but different in size but it has produced the same results historically, so I'll run a couple pounds through it to test before I do my next big batch...

Man that sounds great, so it's sounding like my *problem* might just be the sum of a couple problems. Interesting that you add the 3.25 gallons of hot water to get the mash temperature up. throughout my sparge the mash temperature never got above 150 deg. What was your pre and post boil volums...

So I had the valve slightly open and ran off about 4 pitchers worth to set up the grain bed, then using the pitcher over a bucket lid to spread out the water I add until it was about an inch over the top of the grain, then I slowly added water as the sparge progressed at about 180-200 deg. But...

So with a batch would I just add a couple gallons hot water to my cooler, set the filter bed and then drain all the wort, then do it again? What kind of effency do you get with batch spargine?

the gravity reading at the end makes me think I have good conversion and the sugars are there... it's just a rinse problem

so I had 14 pounds of grains and used about 5 gallons of water

Would I be better off doing some sort of batch sparge? Or is fly sparging have the best potential for getting the best rinse/effency?

No I don't stir at all when sparging... thought that would mess the grain bed up? maybe the important part of the grain bed is the bottom 1/4 or so?

So I talk to the guys at the shop and they have extreamly efficient mashes doing there brewing at home, and they use the same mill, so I made the inference that if the crush was poor no one using the mill would be able to get an efficent mash. We'll 100% effiecent mash would be 1.094, thats...

Summary Using 14 Lbs of Grains 11 Maris and the rest specialty malts mashing for 60 Minutes and fly sparging(7.5 Gallons) for 40 minutes in a 10 gallon cylindrical cooler with a false bottom I get a gravity reading after a 90 minute boil with 5.5 Gallons remaining of 1.055. Promash says that...

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