Does a HERMS increase efficiency? If so what kind of numbers do you get? Also, do you do a mashout and just batch sparge with the water in the HLT? Or is it batch sparged through the HERMS coil? Thanks in advance.
Does a HERMS increase efficiency? If so what kind of numbers do you get? Also, do you do a mashout and just batch sparge with the water in the HLT? Or is it batch sparged through the HERMS coil? Thanks in advance.
I chill my 5 gal. batches in three ice baths to increase the surface area and lighten the load a bit. About 1.75 gal. at a time. The first 2 I get to about 90 degrees and the last one as cold as possible. Sometimes I have to wait a bit before pitching. I also use a whisk to oxygenate the wort.
I recently built a Son of Fermentation Chiller http://knoxhomebrewer.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61:fermentatio-nchiller&catid=38:diy-projects&Itemid=82 I brewed up a Patersbier extract yesterday, and am using it for the first time. It works excellent and temp. stays very...