To low efficiency

I did 1.200 sg beer in my 5gal setup. Target volume was 5 gal, lol. 18lbs of grain in a 8 gallon pot

I think efficiency barely made it past 50%. Was a damn good beer though
 
Bigbre04 said:
i think 1.25lbs/liter is the optimum mash thickness. research on that is important.

look up grist ratio
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I was confused because i know mash thickness as water liters per kg (L/kg) not kg per liter
Its just math but anyway
 
I will older new grains a day before brew day,
I'm very curious to see what I will get
 
Mastoras007 said:
how's going this? :)
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welp. Slow, everything takes a lot longer. gonna add about an hour to the overall day.

I adjusted my mill settings after talking to a friend and i will give it one more round at these tighter gap settings before i judge it. My ph meter is still not working after i replaced the ph probe, ordering a temp probe for it.

Had some doughballs on the first tube, but that is sort of expected when im maxing out the grain weight. next time i brew it, i will increase my mash volume for the first tube by an inch or so.

wont know gravs or anything for a few hours.

but i did pitch fruit/O2/voss/and nutrient into my sour this morning and it is chugging. also got a dryhop in! busy busy busy.
 
Bigbre04 said:
welp. Slow, everything takes a lot longer. gonna add about an hour to the overall day.

I adjusted my mill settings after talking to a friend and i will give it one more round at these tighter gap settings before i judge it. My ph meter is still not working after i replaced the ph probe, ordering a temp probe for it.

Had some doughballs on the first tube, but that is sort of expected when im maxing out the grain weight. next time i brew it, i will increase my mash volume for the first tube by an inch or so.

wont know gravs or anything for a few hours.

but i did pitch fruit/O2/voss/and nutrient into my sour this morning and it is chugging. also got a dryhop in! busy busy busy.
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Ahhh, what we do for beer. We got hammered by the afternoon thunderstorms this week, and I'm trying to figure out when I am going to do yard work after brewing this weekend. It might have to be Sunday as later Saturday it is either going to be hotter than hell or raining with lightning.
Josh, get your stuff done early at Disney. We had a really nasty afternoon storm later on Tuesday with wind, hail, and about 3 or 4" of rain just over a couple of hours.
 
i also have been tracking my pressures and temps at different rpms throught out the mash. the set point for most of my batches is 149, but that is at the bottom of the "tube" at the top it slowly increases as the heat travels up. So half my mash sort of saw a step mash. the bottom was at 149 while the top slowly increased from 135 to 149 over roughly 40 mins. this doesnt really apply to smaller looser grain beds. I just thought it was interesting! the annoying part was that it took forever to get the top of the bed to 170 when i was mashing out.

@Sandy Feet we have been getting hammered by rain the last 2 weeks, like crazy crazy storms and flooding...fun stuff. I have just started always carrying my rain jacket with me.
 
It is normal here during the summer, but the sea breeze collisions from the Gulf and Atlantic have been closer to my house this week. The lightning got pretty wild last night too. I'm glad I have a lawn tractor when we get a bunch of rain, because a week is really pushing it with the lawn. It could be done every 4 or 5 days right now if I actually had time.
 
Sandy Feet said:
It is normal here during the summer, but the sea breeze collisions from the Gulf and Atlantic have been closer to my house this week. The lightning got pretty wild last night too. I'm glad I have a lawn tractor when we get a bunch of rain, because a week is really pushing it with the lawn. It could be done every 4 or 5 days right now if I actually had time.
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same here man. its crazy how fast it grows at this time of year.
 
Bigbre04 said:
i also have been tracking my pressures and temps at different rpms throught out the mash. the set point for most of my batches is 149, but that is at the bottom of the "tube" at the top it slowly increases as the heat travels up. So half my mash sort of saw a step mash. the bottom was at 149 while the top slowly increased from 135 to 149 over roughly 40 mins. this doesnt really apply to smaller looser grain beds. I just thought it was interesting! the annoying part was that it took forever to get the top of the bed to 170 when i was mashing out.

@Sandy Feet we have been getting hammered by rain the last 2 weeks, like crazy crazy storms and flooding...fun stuff. I have just started always carrying my rain jacket with me.
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Don't you use any recirculation ?
 
Mastoras007 said:
Don't you use any recirculation ?
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yup i do. Just ended boil and cut off my whirlpool. ill have an OG soon! long sticky day.

so i overshot my grav by .7P so maybe the mill setting made a difference! more research is needed! looks like i hit roughly 79% efficiency on this batch which is pretty killer!
 
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