Decision Time.. Need advice on mash phase of my new brewery

ScrewyBrewer said:

My brewing system consistently yields 70-75% efficiency. Sparging with water temperatures that are higher than 168F shouldn't present any problems with tannin extraction either, that reasoning seems to becoming more and more of a homebrewing myth lately.

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sketchykg said:

Sorry to keep hijacking the thread, but for anyone following along, just confirming doug's comments, and what I did to address it. After taking some more reading on this "american lager" I have in the fridge, the gravity was relatively unchanged. There was still kind of a haze to the beer that I would assume would be a "starch haze" after reading a little bit about it - it just didn't look like a "normal" fermented beer. It didn't taste bad, but didn't look right.

I dosed the carboy with a teaspoon of Amylase Enzyme, and I have some light fermentation activity since this morning, and the beer looks different, and more "normal" and a slight "milkiness" is gone. I'll give it another week or two,or until the activity ends, and then will continue my cold crash.

Thanks doug293cz!

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