New Gear=new Efficiency? Yes

[TidalPete]

Kettle efficiency lets me down Pete, drops my Brewhouse Eff.

Screwy

I realise that Screwy & we'll have to have a talk about it next time we meet.

T

 

[beersom]

If you're talking Mash Efficiency then 87% is not unusual, I usually achieve around 90%. But Brewhouse Efficiency nooooooooooo.

Screwy

Screwy, in my original homebrew set-up ( made for 12litre batches) my mash efficiency was usually up around 98% and batch efficiency was 88-90% !!!
Then I doubled the size of my rig and dropped back to 75-77%...
At work Iusually get around 90% for infusions and 94% for decoctions... although my last infusion was up to 93%.

 

[Screwtop]

Screwy, in my original homebrew set-up ( made for 12litre batches) my mash efficiency was usually up around 98% and batch efficiency was 88-90% !!!
Then I doubled the size of my rig and dropped back to 75-77%...
At work Iusually get around 90% for infusions and 94% for decoctions... although my last infusion was up to 93%.

Thats high Beersom, I remember struggling with 63% efficiency years ago. Slowly increased over time with improved kit and processes. You poor bugger, having to bucket all that wort when decocting

Cheers,

Screwy

 

[malt_shovel]

Kettle efficiency lets me down Pete, drops my Brewhouse Eff.

Screwy

Can someone explain to me what Kettle efficiency is?

I am trying to work out my efficiency problem and am tracking it down to mash efficiency of around 80% rather than something closer to 100% (calculated by measuring gravity of first wort runnings and comparing to extract available from my ingredient list). I also think having a SS braid and batch sparging is leaving some sugars behind (which I would call lautering efficiency - is this what you mean by kettle efficiency?) but I am not sure how to measure this....

Cheers

 

[praxis178]

Where are ya on the sunny coast Im in caloundra
sav

Yandina, Tidal Pete knows where exactly.

I'm thinking of doing an "open brew day" sometime soon, just so someone other than myself will get to have a laugh at my procedures! :unsure: