rnrchemnerd
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Does anyone know if Austin homebrew has changed their crush settings recently? I just brewed up a couple of batches this past weekend and my numbers were way off on both batches. My system is dialed in, and I normally get 80% efficiency. I had efficiencies as low as 75% when my mash is too thin, but I usually get right around 80%. I brewed a pale ale on Friday night, and got 69%. That irritated me, because my batch is going to be a little more bitter than I wanted it. Anyhoo, I brewed up a brown ale on Sunday, and again I got 69%. This time I made it a point to check everything, and I noticed that the grains didn't seem to be crushed as well as normal. The brown is still going to turn out great, so I'm cool with it. I just want to know if this is an isolated incident, or if I should plan on buying more grain for future batches. I bought the grain ~6 weeks ago, and it had been sitting in my freezer sealed up ever since. I've never had any issues with freezing crushed grain before (up to 3 months so far) so I know that's not the problem. So I guess what I want to know is, has anyone noticed a 10% drop in efficiency from grain crushed by Austin Homebrew in the past 6 weeks?