Improving Efficiency

[motague189]

Hi guys/gals,

So I recently brewed a 5 gallon batch in which I only yielded 40 beers (3.75 gallons). It was an IPA that spent a little over 5 days in the primary and 15 days in the secondary where it was dry hopped with 3 ounces of pellet hops. I was not overly concerned to get all the beer out of my primary because I did not want to siphon a lot of the trube with my beer, but I tried to get all of my beer out of my secondary when transferring to my bottling bucket.

Does it seem like I lost too much beer or is that about on par with what I should expect to lose each and every batch? Any tips to improve efficiency? Thanks home-brew fam!

 

[Billy-Klubb]

my only advice, without watching you whilst you work, is to brew bigger batches.

 

[jack_a_roe]

ipas definitely yield less than other styles due to the amount of hops in the boil (especially when using leaf hops) and also with the dry hopping that goes down. i always try and over estimate my batch size with ipas to tryn and get a full 5 gallons.

 

[Brews]

Like jack a roe said, adjust your recipe to reach 5.5 - 6 gals. after boil.