So I have been fighting with my new setup as I mostly do 5 gallon batches but wanted a system capable of doing 10 gallons for those beers I like to always have one tap but dont want to spend 1 out of every 3 brew days brewing. I have found that do to my bigger system and the deadspace involved (mainly from my RIMS tube and boil kettle) that my brewhouse efficiency is in the 50% range.
Now my mash efficiency has been in the right range for my setup (brutus 20) and has range from 65 to 75 depending on the amount of grain but have been having trouble getting anything above 50% for overall efficiency
I have reduced the deadspace in my mashtun to almost nothing as I hold my RIMs tube up to drain it and have a bottom drain mashtun. That has helped, but I have a Stout Brew kettle and it has 1.5 gallons of space below the spigot. Will tilting the pot and trying to get more help in my efficiency?
Im doing my first 10 gallon batch on friday to see if I get a better efficiency overall and hopefully I do. But have realized that my overall eff for 5 gal batches is gonna take a hit.
Has other people noticed this or come across anything similar
Now my mash efficiency has been in the right range for my setup (brutus 20) and has range from 65 to 75 depending on the amount of grain but have been having trouble getting anything above 50% for overall efficiency
I have reduced the deadspace in my mashtun to almost nothing as I hold my RIMs tube up to drain it and have a bottom drain mashtun. That has helped, but I have a Stout Brew kettle and it has 1.5 gallons of space below the spigot. Will tilting the pot and trying to get more help in my efficiency?
Im doing my first 10 gallon batch on friday to see if I get a better efficiency overall and hopefully I do. But have realized that my overall eff for 5 gal batches is gonna take a hit.
Has other people noticed this or come across anything similar