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Extraction efficiency is mostly controlled by the quality of your grind. My grist looks like very coarse cornmeal with split and partially shredded hulls. I use a bag to line the mash basket and will be experimenting with leaving out the mash basket once I get something to prevent channeling...

An inherent inefficiency in the Anvil design is the large gap between the basket and the side wall of the unit. The water trapped in this area has very little sugars which have diffused from the bottom of the kettle. On my 6.5 gal Anvil, this amounts to 2.9 liters of water which is not...

I have accidentally run boiling wort through the Anvil pump. It will handle it, but it is not good for the pump. The pump relies on the wort to help lubricate the moving parts from wearing on the stationary parts. Boiling wort will flash steam and may cause excessive wear. Your pump and...

I would love a small batch fermentor! Thanks for the opportunity!

Actually, the space between the mash basket and the inner wall of the Anvil is a significant issue. I have only taken two readings so far and found at the end of the mash that the gravity (citing the last readings, as both are consistent) from the mash basket was at 11.6 Brix. What was coming...

From the measurements I took on my 6.5 Gal Anvil, there are 3.28 liters below the bottom level of the basket. You can use that to configure your recipe for grain volume, boil off, and trub left after the boil, to see how much water is left in contact with the grains for mashing. In my system...

Generally, I don't worry about a starter for my standard 10 liter batch. Having said that, it also depends upon the OG of the batch, the age of the yeast, and the type of fermentation profile. I will do a starter for a much higher gravity or if the yeast is greater than 4 or 5 months old...

In BeerSmith, you need to enter the highest temperature as VikeMan recommended into the carbonation profile in order for the program to adjust the amount of sugar based upon residual CO2 in the beer.

OK, so let's look at the different sources: The recipe is written for people who have all kinds of different systems -- from a mash cooler which leaves 2.5 +/- quarts of wort behind when the wort is drained into the boil kettle to an AIO system where there is no such loss to consider. The...

Yup. I do no sparge and mine is set up that way. With no sparge, it is less important how much dead space is below the mash basket since all the water is already in the mash.

I have a series of posts on the BeerSmith forums on developing a profile for the Anvil 6.5 Gal starting with Developing a profile for the Anvil 6.5G Brewing System - Part 1. Basically, with an AIO unit, there are no mash losses to dead space but if you are planning on a sparge, and want a given...

One of the main reasons I went with the 6.5 gal was the side perforations in the basket of the 10.5 gal unit. I calculated out the grain depth and decided that the top of the bed for most recipes would be just above the perforations and that might lead to more flow bypassing the bulk of the...

The argument of 5 gal vs 2.5 gal batches is really one of personal preference. If you value your time versus production more and the brewing process just a little less then 5 gal may be a better fit for you. If you like the brewing process more and value your time versus production a little...

Running it side-by-side with Mark's spreadsheet it seems to behave the same. Other than that, I cannot say absolutely that it is the 4.2 model.

The MpH model is one of the two which are imbedded in BeerSmith (latest version: 3.1.08). You have the option on the mash tab of using this as the default mash pH model or switching to the Brun water model.

Brew house efficiency is a user set variable in your equipment profile. It is independent of the mash profile as far as the software calculations. What is perplexing is the sudden change in volumes. Your basic equipment profile should be the same, with the above noted exception in...

I have a first generation Anvil Foundry 6.5G and have been brewing on it for well over a year now making 35 brew days. My first 10 to 12 brews were all scoping out the system and I ended up with something close to where I was when I was doing a full volume BIAB on the stovetop. I did buy the...

You can incorporate it or not. As long as you keep your process consistent each time, you will get to understand the properties of the wort you produce and be able to adjust your targets to attain the end results you want.

Welcome! From another NHite.

Greetings from the southern edge of NH. I would second Jasper's for price and quality. Super knowledgeable people and very willing to accommodate your requests.