Efficiency more than 10% higher than most brews.
On this brew day (still in progress) I did a few things differently this time, some of them accidentally- but ended up with a pre-boil gravity of 1.045- instead of a predicted 1.039. I use the same equipment to measure as I have before, and I, almost without exception, end up with a brewhouse efficiency of around 67% so I use this as reference to base my recipes in the Brewfather app. I should end up with nearly 80% brewhouse efficiency when its tapped and in the kegerator.
I use a brewzilla 3.1.1. What I is as follows:
I mashed in at 152*F instead of 148/149*F the latter which i usually do,
I mashed with a lower qt/lb (2.2 instead of ~2.5) so I sparged with more water than usual,
I stirred the mash at 25m then recirculated for a full 45m (which I have done before)
I forgot to add 1/4 campden tablet to treat my city water.
I forgot to add lactic acid 88%- which when I did, I added half the amount I calculated at 30m into the mash
However, I want to think the biggest factor is that I milled my grains 10m before mashing in. I have always used the brew shop or milled myself the night before, as I hand mill instead of using a drill because, well, I’m nuts. I keep my mill set to the width of a credit card+business card together, as I hate stuck sparges with a passion.
I am using 100% barke vienna for this brew as well.
I don’t know what I did to deserve this blessing from Aegir, but I’ll take it! I was aiming for a lighter Vienna malt smash with tett hops, but now its predicted to be a decent ~5.3% ABV beverage.
Just wanted your guys’ opinions on what you think caused this? Prost!
On this brew day (still in progress) I did a few things differently this time, some of them accidentally- but ended up with a pre-boil gravity of 1.045- instead of a predicted 1.039. I use the same equipment to measure as I have before, and I, almost without exception, end up with a brewhouse efficiency of around 67% so I use this as reference to base my recipes in the Brewfather app. I should end up with nearly 80% brewhouse efficiency when its tapped and in the kegerator.
I use a brewzilla 3.1.1. What I is as follows:
I mashed in at 152*F instead of 148/149*F the latter which i usually do,
I mashed with a lower qt/lb (2.2 instead of ~2.5) so I sparged with more water than usual,
I stirred the mash at 25m then recirculated for a full 45m (which I have done before)
I forgot to add 1/4 campden tablet to treat my city water.
I forgot to add lactic acid 88%- which when I did, I added half the amount I calculated at 30m into the mash
However, I want to think the biggest factor is that I milled my grains 10m before mashing in. I have always used the brew shop or milled myself the night before, as I hand mill instead of using a drill because, well, I’m nuts. I keep my mill set to the width of a credit card+business card together, as I hate stuck sparges with a passion.
I am using 100% barke vienna for this brew as well.
I don’t know what I did to deserve this blessing from Aegir, but I’ll take it! I was aiming for a lighter Vienna malt smash with tett hops, but now its predicted to be a decent ~5.3% ABV beverage.
Just wanted your guys’ opinions on what you think caused this? Prost!