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Ok so Brewday went great! Mill set to .051 brewed a 10 gallon batch with recipe designed at 75% total efficiency on beersmith. Nailed all my volumes, pre boil gravity, and OG. When I step up to a 15 gal batch in this 20 gal MT I should be able to scale up to 78% total eff. Sent from my iPhone...

I also don't thing beersmith lets you design around mash eff just total eff. It will show the est mash eff and the actual mash eff calculated based on boil vol and OG. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Couldn't agree more I'm not really striving for higher numbers I just want them to be consistent which I am for the most part (usually just off .002-.005 or so on OG). The biggest road block we have had on 2 identical brew systems with identical processes one will get 80% and one will get 70's...

Hey Kal just curious if your getting 95% mash efficiency what total efficiency do you design recipes at? Love your website by the way I used a lot of your tips when building my brew system! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

My mash eff has been in the 80's and I feel since my BH volumes are dialed in perfectly and my consistent low pre boil gravities leads me to believe it's a mill setting which in turn will effect the overall BH eff. Like I said we have discovered lower batch volumes like 5 and 10 in my 20gal...

My volume and loss numbers are dead on usually no more than 4 extra cups left in MT after reaching pre boil vol. So I'm really hoping the right crush gets me in the high 70's total brewhouse eff. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Awesome what kind of eff are you getting at .50? I'm actually set right now to .051 but I haven't tried brewing it yet. I just cut the .045-.060 in half. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

A friend of mine has the exact same system as me and he typically does 15 gal batches and hits 78% consistently but we have notice when scaling down to 10 or 5 gallons on these large systems that the eff drops to around 70 for 10 gal and 62 for 5 gal. The only diff in our systems were the mills...

Are you doing a recirculating mash? Yeah I also run my drill very slow like around 2 revolutions per second. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I'm in...Someday I will win something! :mug:

I would like to hear everyones mill gap settings and total brewhouse efficiencies. I am brewing on an all electric system using a 1500w RIMS tube. 5500w 20gal HLT, 20gal MT, 5500w 30gal BK and my question is what have you found to be the optimal crush gap for you mill. I just switched from a 2...

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Did you buy parts 4,3,2 and 1? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Has anyone been successful with the micromatic parts conversion because they just told me that it won't work.

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Check the nut that holds the knob on the co2 tank valve...I just realized mine was leaking after it was re certified. If that nut isn't tight it allows the valve stem to float down and start leaking. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

So I'm doing an oatmeal stout and would like to dispense with nitro but my question is do I simply force carb in keg as usual with co2 the switch over and dispense with b-gas using my nitro faucet or do I force carb with nitro? Thanks Jason Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew