neomantra
Well-Known Member
I've been fighting efficiency issues ever since starting AG brewing. I had carefully followed the advice of Denny and Bobby and many of the other regulars here on HBT but was still just barely managing 65-70% on my beers.
I'd bought a grain mill and hoped that would finally solve my problem but it didn't so I continued to mess with all sorts of other variables to no avail.
Finally this week I started looking into setting the gap on my barley crusher to a tighter setting even though lots of people say they just use the default with great success. As it turns out the thing wasn't set evenly out of the box. Instead of the expected .039 setting I found it was more like .042 on one end and .044 on the other. I tightened it down to .035 on both sides and even despite some temperature control issues this weekend I hit 83%.
Moral of the story...check the setting with a feeler gauge even if your mill is brand new. It could save you a lot of headache later on. :rockin:
I'd bought a grain mill and hoped that would finally solve my problem but it didn't so I continued to mess with all sorts of other variables to no avail.
Finally this week I started looking into setting the gap on my barley crusher to a tighter setting even though lots of people say they just use the default with great success. As it turns out the thing wasn't set evenly out of the box. Instead of the expected .039 setting I found it was more like .042 on one end and .044 on the other. I tightened it down to .035 on both sides and even despite some temperature control issues this weekend I hit 83%.
Moral of the story...check the setting with a feeler gauge even if your mill is brand new. It could save you a lot of headache later on. :rockin: