Just finished brewing a red ale yesterday, that I was really excited to brew. I have been getting varied brewhouse efficiencies on my last 3 brews but this was just bad, a mere 60.45%.
Here's my process:
Mashed in with 3.66 gallons of water for 60 minutes. I batch sparged so I drained the whole thing and added 4.41 gallons of water heated to 174. I stir vigorously throughout the process. I use a stainless steel braid in the bottom of a 5 gallon cylinder cooler and I think their may be some channeling issues going on. The crush of the grain seemed fairly well so I don't think this is a culprit.
My questions are if the stainless braid is indeed coming off of the bottom will this cause this sort of problem? Should I make it shorter?
I thought about getting a 10 gallon rectangular cooler and building a manifold out of pvc.
Or maybe making a shorter stainless braid?
Thanks in advance!
Here's my process:
Mashed in with 3.66 gallons of water for 60 minutes. I batch sparged so I drained the whole thing and added 4.41 gallons of water heated to 174. I stir vigorously throughout the process. I use a stainless steel braid in the bottom of a 5 gallon cylinder cooler and I think their may be some channeling issues going on. The crush of the grain seemed fairly well so I don't think this is a culprit.
My questions are if the stainless braid is indeed coming off of the bottom will this cause this sort of problem? Should I make it shorter?
I thought about getting a 10 gallon rectangular cooler and building a manifold out of pvc.
Or maybe making a shorter stainless braid?
Thanks in advance!