ChadChaney
Well-Known Member
Ok, so I went AG a month or 2 ago after plenty of extract and PM brews. I have a 10 gallon cooler setup, and a ten gallon kettle. I have batch sparged and fly sparged and have some efficiency issues. I use BeerSmith and have used a crush from LHBS and my buddy, who has a Barley Crusher, both crushes were really solid, I think I have eliminated this as the issue. I am routinely getting an efficiency in the mid 50's.
I measure my water volumes accurately, hit my temps (+/_) a degree, and actually hit all my number in BeerSmith, but my efficiency is terrible. Not sure what the issue is. I do single infusion mashes, no mash out, fly sparge ( the way I am going from now on) and have BeerSmith set up for my system. I am not sure where to start the troubleshooting. Could the issue be water volumes, sparge water volumes, sparge temps, no mash out, etc...
I am sure there is information I have not listed that may be needed to help diagnose the issue, so feel free to ask for more information, I will post screen shots and provide all the info I can.
Thanks in advance for the assistance!
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I measure my water volumes accurately, hit my temps (+/_) a degree, and actually hit all my number in BeerSmith, but my efficiency is terrible. Not sure what the issue is. I do single infusion mashes, no mash out, fly sparge ( the way I am going from now on) and have BeerSmith set up for my system. I am not sure where to start the troubleshooting. Could the issue be water volumes, sparge water volumes, sparge temps, no mash out, etc...
I am sure there is information I have not listed that may be needed to help diagnose the issue, so feel free to ask for more information, I will post screen shots and provide all the info I can.
Thanks in advance for the assistance!
Brew Free!