Dextersmom
Well-Known Member
Hi Guys
I'm tweaking my equipment profiles again because I've had a few hiccups with batches where i've been way over my estimated efficiency (like 90% on an estimated 82%) and then in other batches under (70is on an estimated 80%). I've been poking around trying to figure how the program calculates these estimates. I wanted to simply adjust my estimated per profile based on the type of recipe - eg: much lower efficiency seen in a more high gravity mash. But adjusting the efficiency of the mash through the BH efficiency seems to be limited and actually won't change after a certain point. I have seen that that changing the losses to trub / chiller will affect mash efficiency...call me crazy but i don't understand why. call me even crazier because it seems to be an inverse relationship (more losses = increased mash efficiency - i don't understand how a change in a post boil value should affect a mash value and beyond that how having more loss will equate to better efficiency). I'm hoping there is a wizard out there that can help put this in perspective for me.
the predictions seem to be on point via my current system design when brewing in the mid range of gravities. when i move to lower gravity mashing my efficiency skyrockets compared to the estimate and then vice versa when moving to higher gravity mashes.
Any advice would be appreciated!
THanks
-K
I'm tweaking my equipment profiles again because I've had a few hiccups with batches where i've been way over my estimated efficiency (like 90% on an estimated 82%) and then in other batches under (70is on an estimated 80%). I've been poking around trying to figure how the program calculates these estimates. I wanted to simply adjust my estimated per profile based on the type of recipe - eg: much lower efficiency seen in a more high gravity mash. But adjusting the efficiency of the mash through the BH efficiency seems to be limited and actually won't change after a certain point. I have seen that that changing the losses to trub / chiller will affect mash efficiency...call me crazy but i don't understand why. call me even crazier because it seems to be an inverse relationship (more losses = increased mash efficiency - i don't understand how a change in a post boil value should affect a mash value and beyond that how having more loss will equate to better efficiency). I'm hoping there is a wizard out there that can help put this in perspective for me.
the predictions seem to be on point via my current system design when brewing in the mid range of gravities. when i move to lower gravity mashing my efficiency skyrockets compared to the estimate and then vice versa when moving to higher gravity mashes.
Any advice would be appreciated!
THanks
-K