RJSkypala
Well-Known Member
There are many posts dealing with troubleshooting low efficiency when batch sparging. My last couple batches crushed by one of the reputable online vendors here ended up with OG being a little low, with an efficiency in the 70's which is lower than what I was usually getting. I was very frustrated and was reading around the board for possible explainations.
Yesterday I got some grain from a local brewery and crushed it there with a barley crusher, brewed with it today and had almost a 20% efficiency increase--I wish I would have known cause I would have upped the hop schedule--but I am nonetheless thrilled to know that it was not my technique and that grain crush can make that big of a difference--can't wait to get my own BC.
Yesterday I got some grain from a local brewery and crushed it there with a barley crusher, brewed with it today and had almost a 20% efficiency increase--I wish I would have known cause I would have upped the hop schedule--but I am nonetheless thrilled to know that it was not my technique and that grain crush can make that big of a difference--can't wait to get my own BC.