seven9st_surfer
Well-Known Member
I just recently (past 3 brews) started taking copious notes and trying to dial in my procedures for consistency. My first brew, I calculated an 85% efficiency on a cream ale, then a 70% on a bourbon barrel porter. I assumed the dip in efficiency was due to the larger grain bill. Both of those were Norther Brewer all-grain kits with the standard crush (NB responded to an email of mine and told me they can only do a normal crush, no fine or double).
I just today finished a Belgian La Petite Orange Blanche based on the NB recipe, but got the grains from my LHBS and had them double crushed. The grains (all Dingemans) are:
7# Pils
0.5# 20L
0.5# 8L
0.25 Aromatic
0.25 Biscuit
Mashed at 149 for 70 minutes.
Then, at the beginning of a 60 min boil was 1# Brewer's Best Brun Fonce Soft Candi Sugar (36 SRM)
My numbers today (corrected for 60F) were:
Pre-mash volume - 7.5 gallons
Post-mash, pre-boil - 1.040, 7.25 gallons
Post-boil, in fermenter - 1.052, 5.75 gallons
I'm having a hard time accounting for the pound of sugar to determine my efficiency. When I input everything into the Brewersfriend.com calculator, it comes out to 97%. That can't be right. Can anyone help? Thanks.
I just today finished a Belgian La Petite Orange Blanche based on the NB recipe, but got the grains from my LHBS and had them double crushed. The grains (all Dingemans) are:
7# Pils
0.5# 20L
0.5# 8L
0.25 Aromatic
0.25 Biscuit
Mashed at 149 for 70 minutes.
Then, at the beginning of a 60 min boil was 1# Brewer's Best Brun Fonce Soft Candi Sugar (36 SRM)
My numbers today (corrected for 60F) were:
Pre-mash volume - 7.5 gallons
Post-mash, pre-boil - 1.040, 7.25 gallons
Post-boil, in fermenter - 1.052, 5.75 gallons
I'm having a hard time accounting for the pound of sugar to determine my efficiency. When I input everything into the Brewersfriend.com calculator, it comes out to 97%. That can't be right. Can anyone help? Thanks.