Zymurgrafi
Well-Known Member
Okay, I am not too worried about what my efficiency is except for the fact that I kinda want to know for recipe formulation purposes.
I use a free program, Homebrew Formulator, and it works well but I cannot figure my efficiency. I am fairly certain it is operator error.
Firstly, It calculates mash efficiency and pre-boil mash efficiency. Which of these is the one I plug into my overall "brewery environment"? They tend to be about 10 points different all the time. Usually with the pre-boil being lower (say 62%) and then the mash efficiency being higher (say 69%). Is that right?
Admittedly I am not very good at collecting all the data needed. I seem to be all over the place too from batch to batch number wise. I would like to just have a consistent efficiency not matter what it is. Anybody help me figure out what is going on? I realize I need to give some more info but right now I am just wicked confused!
I use a free program, Homebrew Formulator, and it works well but I cannot figure my efficiency. I am fairly certain it is operator error.
Firstly, It calculates mash efficiency and pre-boil mash efficiency. Which of these is the one I plug into my overall "brewery environment"? They tend to be about 10 points different all the time. Usually with the pre-boil being lower (say 62%) and then the mash efficiency being higher (say 69%). Is that right?
Admittedly I am not very good at collecting all the data needed. I seem to be all over the place too from batch to batch number wise. I would like to just have a consistent efficiency not matter what it is. Anybody help me figure out what is going on? I realize I need to give some more info but right now I am just wicked confused!