mash efficiency

I switched to all grain about a year ago when I bought a used Robobrew (early gen). It has no pump but works very well otherwise and allowed me to start to experiment with all grain brewing which I have really enjoyed. The issue I am having is with efficiency. I have been ordering pre-milled...

I started All-Grain brewing recently. On my first two all-grain recipes, I only achieved a mash efficiency of 60%. Both were 60-minute mashes with 1.25 qt/lb Water-to-Grain ratio. On one, I just rinsed the grains with sparge water, and on the other, I did a 15 minute batch sparge, but they were...

Hi guys, I have recently brewed to big beer: One double IPA and one wheatwine. I usually achieve a 80% mash efficiency. I don’t know why but for these 2 beers my mash efficiency dropped to 60%. I have changed nothing to my process : - I mill my grains with a double roller monster mill. My gap...

I've brewed three or four batches of a Rye IPA that borders on being a double IPA and each time I've brewed it I've missed my OG by 20 points or more. This is the only beer I've ever had trouble with in terms of hitting my OG (my system's efficiency is generally in the range of 65-70%). It's...

Hey All, Had a weird occurrence happen last weekend, and I'm curious what might be the cause... We brew all grain with 3 kettles (HLT, Mash, Boil). We had what I believe was a really efficient mash. Everything hit at all the right moments, and things felt good. Then the boil hit, and we...