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Yes, efficiency may suffer that you are 100% correct. :) Dilute mashes result in a lower substrate density but not less substrate in a closed system unless you spill more in a dilute system and we would have to look at what order enzyme kinetics we are talking about to determine if there...

Its highly unlikely that a dilute mash will cause enzyme denaturation. Enzyme denaturation is commonly caused by heat and/or major pH changes (other methods exist such as detergent). Denaturation is the destruction of the 3 dimensional structure of the enzyme so it is no longer active. The...

Corn sugar adds very little sweetness. I don't think a hydrometer is sensitive enough to pick up a change of around 1.001 to 1.0005 caused by the corn sugar. Just a thought. -Eric

Before kegging/force carbonating...had this problem espescially on high gravity beers (>8%) and lagers. The cause was either the lack of yeast or yeast health. You need healty yeast inorder to metabolize the corn sugar to produce CO2. I always use starters for my beers. Make a starter...

I've used both CPVC and copper both work fine. Slots, holes it really doesn't matter just place them fairly equally. This isn't neurosurgery so a little bit off will not matter. A 1/2" diameter pipe with slots every 1/2" should be able to "clear" 2-4" on each side easily. The more pipes you...