tennesseean_87
Well-Known Member
I brewed with a friend for the first time today. He was brewing a Celebration IPA clone, and shooting for 1066. He got 1045ish (53% eff or so). He used my mill which I get about 85% from.
He has a rectangular cooler. He poured the water right into the grain bed during the fly sparge. He also had his cooler resting at a bit of an angle for the sparge, so I'm wondering if the manifold started sucking air from the high end while there was some good wort to get out of the low end. Even though some of his practices seem inefficient, I wouldn't think this set-up would net such a huge efficiency loss.
What steps can he take to get better efficiency? I'd think batch sparging would help, but maybe just a flat surface for the runoff wouldn't be bad. I'd like to help him out, but I also don't want to be too pushy, since he still enjoys brewing, despite missing his numbers (which he doesn't try to correct with extra grain). Thoughts?
He has a rectangular cooler. He poured the water right into the grain bed during the fly sparge. He also had his cooler resting at a bit of an angle for the sparge, so I'm wondering if the manifold started sucking air from the high end while there was some good wort to get out of the low end. Even though some of his practices seem inefficient, I wouldn't think this set-up would net such a huge efficiency loss.
What steps can he take to get better efficiency? I'd think batch sparging would help, but maybe just a flat surface for the runoff wouldn't be bad. I'd like to help him out, but I also don't want to be too pushy, since he still enjoys brewing, despite missing his numbers (which he doesn't try to correct with extra grain). Thoughts?