English "sparge" method

[barrooze]

You're a puppy...guess that makes me an old fart.

Cheers to the old farts!

 

[Patstarr777]

I can make REALLY REALLY BIG beers in 10 gal batches

Well, I followed your advice and got really horrible efficiency (59%) and I don't know why.

 

[Patstarr777]

I think I figured out what went wrong. I think my thermometer got knocked off by about 13 degrees. When I thought I was mashing at 154 I was actually mashing around 141.

 

[Gremlyn]

Ouch, yeah that would cause some pretty terrible efficiency It would compound your problem by not sparging hot enough.

 

[Patstarr777]

I'm looking for a new thermometer now.