FreddyMar3
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Great write-up. Was this the first time you have gone with less than full-volume on this system, and therefor the first sparge on it? That could account for your mash efficiency bump also. What did you set your crush at?
When I did the 10 gallon of oatmeal stout ( I think 27lbs of grain), I withheld maybe a gallon or less and poured it over the top with the pitcher. definitely didn't get as thorough as a rinse as i did with this latest batch though. Maybe the sparge is the difference.
Mill is set at .035. The captain crush would let a lot of whole kernels slip through, so maybe that also had something to do with it.
Looking forward to hearing the numbers on that! I'm very close to deciding exactly which system to assemble.
Do you plan to do them soon, or not for a while?
The 5 gallons of RIS is my next batch. I think it has somewhere in the area of 25lbs of grain. The 10 gallon is for a club barrel brew that hasn't been fleshed out yet, so that could be a while.