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re: Homebrewing: Brewing in process thread (with pics)
Posted on 3/6/13 at 11:07 am to Fratastic423
Posted on 3/6/13 at 11:07 am to Fratastic423
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You either get the appropriate amount of sugar out of your grain or you dont. If you end up with less wort but the right OG then you didnt pull out enough sugars. If you end up with 5 gallons but a higher OG then you pulled out more than you expected
But if my evaporation rate is much less, then my mash efficiency hasn't changed.
I've done hand calculations and beersmith. Mash efficiency is calculated pre-boil. I don't think my post-boil volume has anything to do with mash efficiency. I guess i won't be sure until my next brew, of how volume effects mash efficiency.
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Posted on 3/6/13 at 11:09 am to BugAC
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But if my evaporation rate is much less, then my mash efficiency hasn't changed.
I've done hand calculations and beersmith. Mash efficiency is calculated pre-boil. I don't think my post-boil volume has anything to do with mash efficiency. I guess i won't be sure until my next brew, of how volume effects mash efficiency.
He was talking about the pointlessness of brewhouse efficiency to a homebrewer.
Posted on 3/6/13 at 11:14 am to BugAC
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But if my evaporation rate is much less, then my mash efficiency hasn't changed.
I agree with the statement above.
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I don't think my post-boil volume has anything to do with mash efficiency. I guess i won't be sure until my next brew, of how volume effects mash efficiency.
Your total volume and OG have a direct connection to your mash efficiency though. You are shooting for 5 gallons at X.XXX OG. If you do not get that then your mash efficiency was off of what you expected it to be.
I don't think there is anything we are really arguing about. I think I use on calculation for the same information that you are trying to use 2. In the end I am trying to ensure that I get 5 gallons at the OG I planned on, and that is all that I am concerned about.
This post was edited on 3/6/13 at 11:16 am
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