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re: Homebrewing: Brewing in process thread (with pics)
Posted on 3/6/13 at 10:59 am to Fratastic423
Posted on 3/6/13 at 10:59 am to Fratastic423
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Calculating a brewhouse efficiency seems dumb to me
brewhouse efficiency is more important for commercial brewers than homebrewers.
brewhouse efficiency is the total potential of the grain used vs what ends up in the fermentation vessel. Your brewhouse efficiency takes into account both mash efficiency and loses of wort to equipment along the way to the fermentation vessel.
In a batch of commercial beer using 2000 lbs of grain; the difference between an efficiency 68% and 75% (arbitrary numbers) is about 140 lbs of grain...
This post was edited on 3/6/13 at 11:00 am
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