CastleBlack
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CastleBlack: Glad to hear you ordered a Prago mill. I think you'll be happy with it.
cincydave: Do ya squeeze the $h!t out of your bag? I think that, plus I do a sparge step with mine, helps with my efficiency. You can see a pic of my 3 gallon mash tun in my gallery.
Thanks Stan, I cant wait to get it home and start milling big time. I think I can some really decent efficiency with it (~75% ).
Also, Cincydave, I do exactly what Stan said above. Actually I think it is the most ingenious method of mashing, period: BIAB plus sparging. However I do not squeeze since I can pick up tannins very easily in my final taste tests. Instead I do careful strike (sparge) water control so as to get the maximum efficiency in my first runnings and then utilize the remaining water adjusted to the gravity of the brew I am making. If you want I can write my more detailed way of doing so. Stan may already be doing the same thing. Last I sparge first with 168 water and then with 160 to get least amount of tannins in my final result. Its all the outcome mate.
Happy brewing to ya all and thanks for the great info on the mill.