Brulosopher
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Besides reduced efficiency, in what other ways does a ****ty crush impact the final beer?
jtupper said:All I can say (I had one batch with a horrible OG) is due to poor efficiency the beer was well thin and tasted on the sweeter side. You could tell something was different and just not right. I would also assume without a full conversion you could have stuck fermentation problems.
BrightSpotBrewing said:Besides reduced efficiency, in what other ways does a ****ty crush impact the final beer?
If you have pulverized husks, you could get more tannins in the wort. You could also have more problems with a stuck mash or stuck sparge. A good crush will have fairly intact (not shredded) husks, but the kernels of the grain will be visible.
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