Recent content by joel8r

Wow, very nice. Great recipe, excellent beer. My wife asked if I put chocolate and coffee into it, but I followed the recipe as posted except for using 10lb of Maris Otter to compensate for my system's efficiency. My first time using Maris Otter, not my last. Thanks for sharing this!

I bet if it's just a few husks it won't make any difference. They'll fall out in the trub. There's a lot of room for variation in homebrewing. That is, unless you're following a recipe with exact specifications, or if you're trying to exactly duplicate something. Good luck with it!

Hope it's still okay to comment on efficiency. Mine was about 60% at best. It improved when I got a Barley Crusher but it really improved when I took more time on the sparge. Slow sparge makes for 70% or better. For me a slow sparge takes an hour or more. Good luck.