I just got 94% efficiency!

[Acumen]

If someone out there that has good notes would be willing to try repeating a recipe they have made where they know the OG, can repeat the same crush and only vorlaufed one quart using my method of vorlaufing for 45 minutes, it would put this whole thing to bed.

Everyone knows a finer crush will increase efficiency, so that part is not up to argument. Use whatever crush you like, I think a longer vorlauf will increase efficiency.

EDIT: Here come the part where someone with 1 post says they repeated it and I get flamed to hades lol

 

[The Pol]

If someone out there that has good notes would be willing to try repeating a recipe they have made where they know the OG, can repeat the same crush and only vorlaufed one quart using my method of vorlaufing for 45 minutes, it would put this whole thing to bed.

Everyone knows a finer crush will increase efficiency, so that part is not up to argument. Use whatever crush you like, I think a longer vorlauf will increase efficiency.

EDIT: Here come the part where someone with 1 post says they repeated it and I get flamed to hades lol

I actually aready posted this...

I used to vorlaugh about 1 quart of wort before I went to HERMS. I had 70% eff.

When I built my HERMS, all I did was add a pump and a coil... essentially vorlaughing for 90 minutes.

My eff. was still 70%

I then bought a BC and started paying attentiont to my water chem., it is now 82%.

I saw no difference in an extended vorlaugh at all.

 

[The Pol]

Do you also have no losses in the MLT and no losses to hops and trub?

 

[bob1852]

...vorlaugh...

dang it pol, for the last time it's "vorlauf"

and I'm gonna use some oxyclean to clean my MLT tonight.