craigers77
New Member
Made a brown ale yesterday and thought everything was ok, then checked my SG and calculated efficiency and it was at a bismal 48%. I was shooting for a target OG of 1.061 and ended up with 1.043 and right at 5 gals (wanted 6.5). My question, how can I increase efficiency during the mash? I mashed in about 1 qt/lb and did everthing else as I have before (this is the first time calc'd efficiency so it may always be this low?) Thought maybe the grain was not crushed enough. Any ideas?