I've been putting my leftover leaf hops in the food processor and grinding to a powder to get around the whirpool pump issue. It works great, just like pellets.
Most likely your low conversion is due to the crush at the LHBS. They tend to be fairly wide so that the grist lauters well on anybody's system, and consequently the gap isn't fine enough to expose all the available endosperm to water for conversion. The easiest way to solve this problem is to...
Yes, the chart that he posted is based on a grist with 80% extract and 4% moisture, or ~1.036. A more exact method would be to calculate the potential extract for your specific grist and moisture content, but the chart is fairly close most of the time. The '100% conversion' value is calculated...
Reelale, take what Dressel owe's you out of the extra I paid, he's my bud and I ended up sending you like $10 too much anyway. I won't be able to make the Saturday pickup but I'll see if Dressel can grab mine...
Just to avoid any confusion, the price per pound per the .pdf posted on page 1 (>=1000 lbs) * 55lbs is the same as the sack price? If we get to 37 sacks, should we change the 2000-4000# price range?
Hey guys, I live in Raleigh and was just about to place an order with NCM (@ $22 shipping/bag!). So I'm in for a sack of best Pils, a sack of TF&S MO, and a sack of CMC 2-row. Thanks!