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i am confused?
I just set up a Mash tun that is a 10 gallon Rubbermaid cooler with a stainless braid drain,
Everybody talks about efficiency, the Beersmith program has a default setting of 75%, how am i to determine if this is correct. What calculation do I need to perform after my first batch to determine what my actual efficiency is. I plan on doing a Sierra Nevada Porter that has a grain bill of:
10 pounds pale malt
8 ounces of Crystal malt
8 ounces of black malt
since I plan on doing a batch sparge, does the efficiency dictate the amount of grain i will need, i have heard that since doing the batch method i would have to increase the grain bill to reflect the lower efficency, is this correct. anyone have a simple explanation so i could grasp the concept
thanks
I just set up a Mash tun that is a 10 gallon Rubbermaid cooler with a stainless braid drain,
Everybody talks about efficiency, the Beersmith program has a default setting of 75%, how am i to determine if this is correct. What calculation do I need to perform after my first batch to determine what my actual efficiency is. I plan on doing a Sierra Nevada Porter that has a grain bill of:
10 pounds pale malt
8 ounces of Crystal malt
8 ounces of black malt
since I plan on doing a batch sparge, does the efficiency dictate the amount of grain i will need, i have heard that since doing the batch method i would have to increase the grain bill to reflect the lower efficency, is this correct. anyone have a simple explanation so i could grasp the concept
thanks