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I would guess you have four options to improve efficiency. One as you mash drain some wort from the bottom of your system and gently pour over the top. Two buy kit/grains from a source that will give you a finer crush. Three buy a pump and hose to recirculate during the mash. Four buy a grain...

It pretty easy. Run the pump as you heat the water before adding grains. This will mix the water to ensure the temp the prob is reading is the temp of all the water. Next add your grains and give a good stir. This will ensure all the grains are wet and you don't have clumps. Then run the pump...

If I had your system I would do full volume. Turn the pump on as you heat to strike temp. Then turn off and stir in your grains. Give the grains 5 – 10 Min and then turn the pump on for the rest of the mash. Once mash is complete Turn off the pump and lift the basket. Pump will be off for the...

When I would bottle I started by dunking the bottles and then holding upside down until most of the liquid was out. At some point I got a fast dry rack so they could sit in the rack until I filled them. (Quicker and Easier) I also added a bottle rinser(Quicker, Easier, less StarSan), so I could...

Glad to hear it was an easy and relatively cheap fix.

Add them according to water volume. EI If you are using 6 gallons of water to mash and 4 gallons of sparge(fill in your own number). You have 10 gallons of water 4 mash + 6 Sparge = 10. 60% is mash 6/10, and 40% is Sparge 4/10. If your water calculator says to add 4 grams, add 4 * 60% = 2.4...

I was going to give the same link. 1/4 is pretty large for a short run. If you downsize to 3/16 you would only need 12.78 ft for 15 psi, or 4MM as suggest above and you would only need 5.44 ft @ 15 psi. If you lower your pressure, you would also need less, but you want the pressure to the...

Looking at your pictures, your beer line looks very short. Do you know that is the correct length for the diameter of the line and the pressure you are running. I know you said you have put a couple of kegs through without a problem, but at a quick glance at your setup, I would expect a lot of...

Not surprised you got some esters, but it's early and they will probably fade some with time. Also you were looking for the them when you tasted, so you may have noticed more then is actually present. I would certainly move forward. You may rethink what you want to do with this batch, but no...

Brulosophy did an article on this yeast. https://brulosophy.com/2015/01/19/fermentation-temperature-pt-1-exbeeriment-results/. They fermented a split batch high and low. The high got up to 72 for an extended period of time, and the results were fine for them. I would pull a small sample give a...

For an RO system you want to look at two thing the waste water ratio. This will tell you how much you will use to make a 1 gallon of clean water. The next is the cost of replacement filterers. If you have a large enough storage tank the output become something that doesn't matter. Even if a unit...

The thing that improved my beer the most is water. I always went with the logic that if your water tastes good you can make good beer. Many beers were good, but I had some styles that didn’t taste correct. Not bad from off flavor more like they were missing something. I did some research on salt...

I have never made anything like this. I know another brew who made an appleweizen. It was very good. I talked to him a little and I know did it by adding apple juice after fermentation. Wheat beer normally take fruit flavors pretty well.

Yes they are one in the same. He has kit's similar to the one you started with in this thread, or you can buy ingredients. The kits come with everything but the yeast, just chose the yeast that is right for you and add to cart. You do get a simplistic instruction sheet with the kit. It assumes...

Brew hardware is a good place to get anything. I have ordered a handful of kits from the site, and have been very happy with all of them. The price even including shipping, has been better then the bigger players that ship for free. At least for me. Depending on where you are located that may...

Here is how I set my flow rate. I set my recirculation rate so that the volume doesn't rise. It will rise a little, but you want the wort inside the pipe and outside the pipe to be as close to the same level as possible. If I see the level in the pipe rising, I will shut the pump off for a...

I have a mash and boil, so different system, and I have no top plate. I stir every 10 Min or so until the last 15 min. Then I just want to filter the wort. In my opinion the better the recirculation the better the efficiency and the better the recirculation the more consistent the mash temp, and...

I don't have a good answer for you. I like to mash in at a 1.5 qt per pound with .5 gal of deadspace. That is your 3.7 gallons. This is a pretty thin mash. You should have no issues with thickness. I think you had plenty of water. Your crush looks a little fine, but nothing that I would suspect...

I normally set things up on my laptop in brewfather, and then use my phone or laptop on brew day. I have not used Beersmith, but from what I know it is the same sort of thing. This should help with the recipe design, and help you keep track of what you have done. I like S04 yeast and have many...

If you’re not using brewing software, I would recommend it. I use Brewfather, and Brewers Freind is similar. They both have a free version, so you can test at no cost, and if you find it useful, you can pay the fee later for additional features. This will allow you to see OG, FG, ABV, SRM, IBU...