as_saturn_ascends
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I hear alot of people saying they only use 1 quart of water per lb. of grain and that the grain will absorb about a tenth of the water.
My results are way different. the grain always seems to absorb alot more water. I always calculate with 1.5 quarts per lb. of grain and seem to get lower efficiency than i would like.
I use batch infusion and will usually throw in about 13lbs of grain for a 5 gallon batch. add 4.5 gallons of strike water to 153deg. wait 60 min. drain. add 5.5 gallons of water. at 170deg. wait 10 mins. drain again. I get 7-7.5 gallons of water that i boil down to 5.5 - thats 25% water loss. not 10%
and my efficiency is only about 65%. I crush very well. sometimes maybe too well.
just cant seem to figure out why my grain absorbs so much more water than what i read and why i can't bump my efficiency up to 80%.
I am making some killer beer though. just using more malt than i should have to and getting different results than what everyone else seems to be getting.
My results are way different. the grain always seems to absorb alot more water. I always calculate with 1.5 quarts per lb. of grain and seem to get lower efficiency than i would like.
I use batch infusion and will usually throw in about 13lbs of grain for a 5 gallon batch. add 4.5 gallons of strike water to 153deg. wait 60 min. drain. add 5.5 gallons of water. at 170deg. wait 10 mins. drain again. I get 7-7.5 gallons of water that i boil down to 5.5 - thats 25% water loss. not 10%
and my efficiency is only about 65%. I crush very well. sometimes maybe too well.
just cant seem to figure out why my grain absorbs so much more water than what i read and why i can't bump my efficiency up to 80%.
I am making some killer beer though. just using more malt than i should have to and getting different results than what everyone else seems to be getting.