Smashing
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Just gave my new Barley crusher a run. How do you think my first run came out?
Here's another pic I took.
Definitely finer than the stuff I got from Midwest. I reground what I bought from them.
As far as efficency, I'm not sure. I hit my post boil number dead on. I may have miss read my pre-boil though. I read it as .030, way off the projected .051 per Beersmith. It seems funny I can be so far off on my pre-boil but nail my OG. The beer looked, smelled and tasted great so it should come out nice.
I cooled my sample to room temp - thermo check had it at 75 degrees - I used an online calc to adjust it to 59 degrees. Now that I'm thinking about it I can't remember where in the mash I took the sample or from where. Where/when does one normally take the sample?
Would it be possible to hit my OG (after boil) if my mash numbers were that far off?
Here's another pic I took.
Definitely finer than the stuff I got from Midwest. I reground what I bought from them.
As far as efficency, I'm not sure. I hit my post boil number dead on. I may have miss read my pre-boil though. I read it as .030, way off the projected .051 per Beersmith. It seems funny I can be so far off on my pre-boil but nail my OG. The beer looked, smelled and tasted great so it should come out nice.
I hope you named it "The Crushinator"!
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