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responding to replies here bullet point so its easier to follow :) Hydrometer isnt the issue. I have a tilt i use in the tank, and an analog regular hydrometer, and both match I only use a 25w Mark II pump, which isnt very high powered in the first place, so even when i set it to 50-60% open...

I've been using my 3v herms system for 3 years now. It was always extremely reliable and i could always build recipes on Brewers Friend with a 70% brewhouse efficiency in mind and i would usually come pretty close plus or minus depending on what grains i'm using. The last 6 brews i've done...

Yeah i thought about running it through my mill again to double crush, but also dont wanna deal with a stuck sparge if it gets too fine. Might try this next time and see if theres any change.

So two parts to this 1) Does anyone else always find their efficiency of a recipe that uses flaked oats, ends up lower than expected by a few gravity points (3-5 on average)? Assuming a recipe is fairly straight forward with 12lbs base grain, 3lbs flaked oats, i find i'm always off compared to...

1) No spunding since i dont have unitanks 2) Co2 lines are EVA Barrier as well 3) Seems a next step to try to combat this is to ONLY cold crash under positive pressure from a co2 tank Out of curiosity, whats the process at a small to medium sized brewery. They have unitanks, but that doesnt...

I'm trying to track down my source of oxidation (or what i assume is oxidation). My NEIPAs come out incredible when out of the fermenter, and into the keg, and carbonated. The first couple of weeks they taste exactly as they should, and look exactly as they should. Within 3-4 weeks, they...

I've actually changed my recipe quite a bit since then, and i've settled on the following for the typical other half style oat cream neipa Typically my "Into Fermenter" volume is around 6 gallons to account for dryhop absorption and any yeast/trub dump i do during fermentation and i'll end up...

Takes my on average about 20-30 minutes to fly sparge on my 5 gallon herms system, and i'll typically shut off the sparge water when i have about 1.5 gallons to go to my target boil volumes. My mash tun has almost 2 gallons of dead space under the false bottom so this accounts for that. I'm...

I chased this dragon for a while, only to realize i was adding more complication during my brew day to extract a few extra ounces of liquid. I just scale up my brew size if i'm brewing something heavy in hop additions or additions to the fermenter that soak up liquids. Ill target 5.5 gallons...

3vessel herms system here. .050% has too big a drop in efficiency, .040 and i've got a stuck mash/sparge. .045 is what works for me. 2roller cereal killer with cordless drill here as well

BIAB/No Sparge brewing effectively takes the entire brew session's worth of water, and does it all in one process from start to finish. 8ish gallons of water, mash in that, remove the bag/basket and let it drain, leaving behind 6ish gallons to boil down to final 5gallon finished volume...

Aside from all this talk about Sparge rates, its common experience that the higher OG/Grain bill you go, the more your efficiency is going to suffer since you're trying to move the same amount of water through a larger grain bill, resulting in more sugars left behind. Common practice is to...

Flaked oats dont cause hazyness. They're added for body and protein content. The hazyness tends to come from proper yeast selection, early and heavy dryhopping, and water adjustments. You can get plenty of hazy from a 100% 2-row grain bill

Its my understanding that with flysparging, going too small in your gap can actually be counterproductive to your lautering and efficiency. Finer crush causes a much more compact grain bed, making channeling more probable. A coarser crush promotes more even lautering and filtering through the...

Total Brewhouse efficiency, and if i reduce speed of the recirculation, theres not enough flow to adjust temperature through the mash. Especially in the first 5-10 minutes after doughing in when the temp drops and needs to come back up to my desired mash temp through recirculation. If its too...

Always target a 5.2-5.3

Is it as simple as shooting for a 90 minute mash next time? Maybe i'm just not mashing long enough? Seems weird though considering Kal/Spike/etc all typically talk about 60 minute mashes, with a mashout

So I consistently see people talking about getting 80%+ efficiencies with their 3vessel herms system, whether thats Spike, or SSBrewtech, or homemade, yet i cant seem to break 74-75%. Equipment - I have 3x 10 gallon kettles in an e-herms configuration. I have a HLT with a 25foot SS herms...

I do the same with my NEIPAs, but i feel like a clean 60 minute edition does make a difference. Before i was using a bittering charge i awlays felt the juice was there but it was always lacking something. However i also just brewed a "Kitchen Sink" NEIPA just to get rid of whatever hops i had...

Watch this video. This helps educate on the entire process of e-herms 3vessel brewing is a 3 step process 1) Mash 2) Sparge 3) Boil Mash - grains + water circulated Sparge - draining the liquid from the bottom into the kettle while you put an equal amount of clean water over the top to...