and I got 84% efficiency. Problem is that I didn't have nearly the boil-off that I normally do. I ran 7.6 gallons into the keggle, boiled for 90, and still pulled 6 gallons out with about 3 quarts left. Oh well, at least the new brewery worked well.
Here it is in all it's backyardengineered glory:
FWIW I think that the fly sparge was way easier than batch sparging. No lifting/stirring/mucking about inside the cooler, just crack the drain valve, and play with the inlet vlave in small increments until the level in the sight glass stays even. I put an oring around the tube that I slide to the right level for reference.
I think that my boiloff issues are due to the hot/humid weather today in Portland. Since I have an empty fermenter at the moment I'm running an american wheat through it tomorrow, and I was going to lower the boiloff a bit in BeerSmith.
Here it is in all it's backyardengineered glory:
FWIW I think that the fly sparge was way easier than batch sparging. No lifting/stirring/mucking about inside the cooler, just crack the drain valve, and play with the inlet vlave in small increments until the level in the sight glass stays even. I put an oring around the tube that I slide to the right level for reference.
I think that my boiloff issues are due to the hot/humid weather today in Portland. Since I have an empty fermenter at the moment I'm running an american wheat through it tomorrow, and I was going to lower the boiloff a bit in BeerSmith.