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ELK (67.164.195.57)
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - 09:24 pm: | 
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I ended up with 10 gals of 1.055 B-52 wort in the fermenters and 1/2 gal in kettle. Using promash this 10.5gals at this OG only yields 63%..I feel like that is a D grade and was thinking I am a B type guy?
My mash temps were about 4 degrees low at 150. could this explain some?
Another problem I had was in reaching my mash out temps... Adding the 9.5 qts of 200 degree water didn't take my mash anywhere near 168? |
Denny Conn (63.114.138.2)
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - 09:37 pm: |
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I don't see hwo either of those could affect your efficiency that much. Was your crush different than usual? Anything else? |
Walt Fischer (24.221.196.114)
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - 09:45 pm: |
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Dont take it too personal..;>
1.055 isnt too far off...its suppose to be 1.060 
Walt |
chumley (199.92.192.126)
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - 10:03 pm: |
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Its all in the crush. I've been tweaking my Phil Mill recently until I tightened it so much I broke the nut. I've seen my eff. go from 70%, to 78%, to 93% (when I broke it) over the last two batches after cranking up the nut. |
ELK (67.164.195.57)
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - 10:42 pm: |
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I only added 3 of the 4 lbs of honey. I had a bad trip on B52 last spring so I figured a little less alc was ok with me. I had the same LHBS crush the grain but I thought the crush looked more coarse.... I guess I will add a mill to the xmas list...I also ended up with .9 gals in the kettle and I just reread my OG reading and get a room temp of 1.056 which corrects to 1.058 so my eff might be closer to 70%..
Not efficiency related but I also had a real problem with the drain on the kettle...My 12" of SS hose got clogged and I had to use the auto sipon..Only thing I did different was to drain off 1 gal of wort during the boil to make sure the inside of the valve was sanitized...
Ive got to get a CFC because waiting for the wort to cool using my IC is like a long 40 minutes even with winter tap temps. Add on holding the auto siphon off the bottom for 10 gals and I am ready to order some equipment tonight from B3. |
Greg Beron (66.47.129.204)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 12:17 am: |
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Since you were using ProMash, what was your batch size set to? 10 gallons? Or 10.9? I find that the actual size of the batch has a huge effect on efficiency calculations, so that could make all the difference. I also calculate efficiency based on pre-boil gravity reading, but ProMash may do it differently. |
ELK (67.164.195.57)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 02:59 am: |
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It looks like 70% is what I achieved which is not as bad as 63%...I will work on the crush and conrrect temps for next weeks batch. |
ELK (67.164.195.57)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 06:23 am: |
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Well I just checked on my 2 carboys and 9 hours after pitching I have 2 bubbles per second!
And guess who I thought of? Fredrik. I can sleep well knowing the yeast are finishing my brew. |
Tim W (56.0.84.111)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 04:00 pm: |
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B-52 has alot of hops and if your using whole hops there is alot of wort trapped there . It would throw your calculation off considerably . This is why I use preboil volume to figure my mash eff. , What you figured was your system eff. |
Doug Pescatore (141.232.1.10)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 05:10 pm: |
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B-52 has a lot of hops like Bud has a lot of hops |
Hophead (167.4.1.38)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 05:18 pm: |
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Was that Doug being sarcastic?! Wow, I have to mark this page for historical reference...
You should pick up a point or two if you can raise the grain bed to 165-170 for sparge as well. |
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