Thor the Mighty
Well-Known Member
So my friend and I brewed today with a new polarware mash tun, and our efficiency SUCKED! It wasnt the tun itself...it held its temp perfectly, and there was no stuck mash or anything, but the height of the false bottom creates a good 2-3 inches before the grain bed starts, which i believe held water that didn't steep with the grains. Not only that, but I didn't take into consideration that it would thicken my mash up, so we had a very very thick mash. I designed the recipe/strike water to equal out to about 1.25 qt/lbs but it looked more like 1 qt/lbs.
We ended up getting 61& efficiency, which is the worst i've had in a very long while. Any tips on how to gauge for the gap created by the false bottom? Was I right assuming that my poor efficiency was due to the gap, or was it somewhere else along the line? We hit 5 gallons at the end of the boil, like clock work, and there weren't any problems with the mashing itself, just the steeping, i do believe was to blame. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
We ended up getting 61& efficiency, which is the worst i've had in a very long while. Any tips on how to gauge for the gap created by the false bottom? Was I right assuming that my poor efficiency was due to the gap, or was it somewhere else along the line? We hit 5 gallons at the end of the boil, like clock work, and there weren't any problems with the mashing itself, just the steeping, i do believe was to blame. Any advice is greatly appreciated.