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I have been getting consistently low efficiency since I began brewing all grain. I have a 10 gallon cooler setup and I fly sparge. I have tried every trick I have been recommended from lengthening my sparge time to batch sparging and haven't seen any significant changes.
Normally I buy my grain and build my own recipes but I wound up ordering a kit from Northern Brewer and had it crushed by mistake. When I brewed that batch, my efficiency went up closer to 78% from the 65% or so I have been getting. I fly sparged that batch for 60 minutes and did everything else essentially the same as what I would normally do except for the fact that this was a kit that was crushed at Northern Brewer.
Now I feel like I have isolated my problem, it appears that I am not getting the correct crush on my grain and therefore am not getting complete conversion and am getting low efficiency. I have a Monster Mill MM2 with the hopper. I use a 1/2" Milwaukee corded drill to power the grinder. I haven't adjusted this mill since I bought it earlier this year.
Am I on the right track and if so, how do I dial in my mill to get better efficiency without crushing my grain too far and causing new problems?
Thanks,
Fred
I have been getting consistently low efficiency since I began brewing all grain. I have a 10 gallon cooler setup and I fly sparge. I have tried every trick I have been recommended from lengthening my sparge time to batch sparging and haven't seen any significant changes.
Normally I buy my grain and build my own recipes but I wound up ordering a kit from Northern Brewer and had it crushed by mistake. When I brewed that batch, my efficiency went up closer to 78% from the 65% or so I have been getting. I fly sparged that batch for 60 minutes and did everything else essentially the same as what I would normally do except for the fact that this was a kit that was crushed at Northern Brewer.
Now I feel like I have isolated my problem, it appears that I am not getting the correct crush on my grain and therefore am not getting complete conversion and am getting low efficiency. I have a Monster Mill MM2 with the hopper. I use a 1/2" Milwaukee corded drill to power the grinder. I haven't adjusted this mill since I bought it earlier this year.
Am I on the right track and if so, how do I dial in my mill to get better efficiency without crushing my grain too far and causing new problems?
Thanks,
Fred