MattC
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Hi all, My brewhouse efficiency has been running at a constant 75%, but not today!!, Today 92%???
Im brewing a beer ATM with about 40% wheat, I milled the wheat quite fine in an attempt to enhance the cloudiness of the final product. I also milled the barley slightly finer than i usually do. I was expecting a slightly higher efficiency becuase of this, however an increase of 17% was not what I was expecting.
I have checked it 3 times and corrected for temp etc etc, so I havnt made a mistake. So rather than keep the beer as is (which would be approx. 1.059 instead of the targeted 1.048) i have decided to dilute the wort in the boiler with 6 litres of water and adjust my hop additions to maintain hop character and IBU's. This acording to my calcs should bring the OG down to 1.050. I would rather finish higher and add more sanitised water, instead of finishing lower and having to add LDM or drink a weaker beer.
Cheers
Im brewing a beer ATM with about 40% wheat, I milled the wheat quite fine in an attempt to enhance the cloudiness of the final product. I also milled the barley slightly finer than i usually do. I was expecting a slightly higher efficiency becuase of this, however an increase of 17% was not what I was expecting.
I have checked it 3 times and corrected for temp etc etc, so I havnt made a mistake. So rather than keep the beer as is (which would be approx. 1.059 instead of the targeted 1.048) i have decided to dilute the wort in the boiler with 6 litres of water and adjust my hop additions to maintain hop character and IBU's. This acording to my calcs should bring the OG down to 1.050. I would rather finish higher and add more sanitised water, instead of finishing lower and having to add LDM or drink a weaker beer.
Cheers