mouthfullofbeer
Member
I'm frustrated and quite frankly, embarrassed.
5 AG brews and it's the same thing over and over. 50% efficiency just isn't cutting it. i have read about 1000 posts on increasing efficiency and have tried so many of those suggestions. checking crush, not stirring enough, cooling wort for readings, etc... i even upgraded my mash tun & added a cpvc manifold following several designs from brewers here and still, same results of %50. and no, i cant just buy more base grains to compensate for this loss. it's just not practical.
now, i'm not just shooting for numbers here. i want to make good beer. the beers i'm making taste good, but for example, even my tiny wife who has 1 beer and is tipsy complained that "...she's going to need something else if she wants to feel anything". how about that for a blow to the brewer ego for ya!
please help
5 AG brews and it's the same thing over and over. 50% efficiency just isn't cutting it. i have read about 1000 posts on increasing efficiency and have tried so many of those suggestions. checking crush, not stirring enough, cooling wort for readings, etc... i even upgraded my mash tun & added a cpvc manifold following several designs from brewers here and still, same results of %50. and no, i cant just buy more base grains to compensate for this loss. it's just not practical.
now, i'm not just shooting for numbers here. i want to make good beer. the beers i'm making taste good, but for example, even my tiny wife who has 1 beer and is tipsy complained that "...she's going to need something else if she wants to feel anything". how about that for a blow to the brewer ego for ya!
please help