Whats your efficiency?

[PKLehmer]

Results are in, we milled using a friend's mill, and besides that changed nothing about our process. Efficiency jumped 15 points to 72%. I'd call that a great improvement. Now I just have to see if my LHBS will give me a refund for all of the extra grain I've had to buy because of their horrible grinder

 

[homebeerbrewer]

It has a lot to do with the crush. I've gotten as high as 95% with a very fine crush.

My mash tun is a 10 gallon Home Depot cooler with domed false bottom, and I fly sparge.

 

[Mikethepoolguy]

A lot of factors at work here depending on the beer style and how lazy I am that day but I run between 70-85%. One of the biggest factors of increasing my eff. was changing my boil kettle. I was using a 9.5 gal kettle that was more tall than wide. I got a10.5 kettle that is more wide than tall. More surface area means more boiloff which means I can sparge more which means better eff..

 

[pdxal]

BIAB with a Barley Crusher mill and hit 75-80% consistently.

 

[Obliviousbrew]

Are you guys talking about mash or brewhouse efficiency?

 

[PKLehmer]

I'm more concerned with overall brewhouse efficiency.

 

[Jakeintoledo]

10 gallon cooler, false bottom, fly sparging. Recent examples of efficiency:

2nd attempt @ ESB: 55% efficiency (abysmal)
1st attempt @ ESB: 76% efficiency (better)

On the second attempt, however, I wasn't attempting to nail a high efficiency; in truth, most brewing sessions have been done to work out other kinks in the system, and I've loaded up the grain bill to compensate.

However, looking back, 55% efficiency for that brew, I kinda feel bad now. lol. I should really not waste that much sugar.

 

[Jakeintoledo]

Results are in, we milled using a friend's mill, and besides that changed nothing about our process. Efficiency jumped 15 points to 72%. I'd call that a great improvement. Now I just have to see if my LHBS will give me a refund for all of the extra grain I've had to buy because of their horrible grinder

Well I'd definitely let the guy know. I spent part of my afternoon researching how to motorize my maltmill, and the manufacturer said that you can buy hardened rollers for high-capacity grain crushing--the roller knurls wear down if you don't.

I would wonder if the purveyor doesn't realize this, and just has a worn out crusher?

 

[Obliviousbrew]

I use a barley crusher and a Braumeister my mash efficiency its 80% to 88% and brewhouse efficiency between 75% and 82%

 

[ColeR]

I do a HERMS recirculating mash with a direct fire keg as mash tun. Domed false bottom. Fly sparge. Gotten 72.6% efficiency, after getting a ton of help, 55% with out help on my processes.

 

[PKLehmer]

Well I'd definitely let the guy know. I spent part of my afternoon researching how to motorize my maltmill, and the manufacturer said that you can buy hardened rollers for high-capacity grain crushing--the roller knurls wear down if you don't.

I would wonder if the purveyor doesn't realize this, and just has a worn out crusher?

I'll definitely bring this up. My LHBS is a great store, and I've read about places deliberately using a poor crush so people buy more grain but I have confidence these guys are just honestly using the same crappy mill they've always had.

They've talked about having some guy build them an automated mill but they haven't gone through with it yet. Maybe I'll offer to build it for a shop discount