Trying to get a handle on this...so please coach me along if I am off base.
I made a hoppy wheat beer with BIAB so I grind (I have a MM3 mill) pretty fine. I adjusted my water salts and ph, test during the mash and have 5.29 ph. All good, and I take a reading of 1.040 with this pre-boil volume by taking the volume now in my kettle, the grain bill and plug this in with 1.040 and got 85% pre-boil efficiency.
Then comes the boil and I am making a hoppy beer with several ounces of hops and a dual step whirlpool. I have losses of course including boil off, hop trub losses and also I lost some in my chugger pump and hoses with slight spillage. I was very exact with my measurements and gravity readings, but went from 85% mash efficiency all the way down to 77.5% brew house efficiency into fermenter.
I tried my best to be super careful, I ground finely and did all I know to do to control my efficiency. Of course I was disappointed for my efficiency to drop from 85% all the way to 77.5% but is this typical or normal? I am not hung up on numbers, but I am trying to dial in for consistency sakes and for a solid number to use in BeerSmith recipe builder.
Thanks!
I made a hoppy wheat beer with BIAB so I grind (I have a MM3 mill) pretty fine. I adjusted my water salts and ph, test during the mash and have 5.29 ph. All good, and I take a reading of 1.040 with this pre-boil volume by taking the volume now in my kettle, the grain bill and plug this in with 1.040 and got 85% pre-boil efficiency.
Then comes the boil and I am making a hoppy beer with several ounces of hops and a dual step whirlpool. I have losses of course including boil off, hop trub losses and also I lost some in my chugger pump and hoses with slight spillage. I was very exact with my measurements and gravity readings, but went from 85% mash efficiency all the way down to 77.5% brew house efficiency into fermenter.
I tried my best to be super careful, I ground finely and did all I know to do to control my efficiency. Of course I was disappointed for my efficiency to drop from 85% all the way to 77.5% but is this typical or normal? I am not hung up on numbers, but I am trying to dial in for consistency sakes and for a solid number to use in BeerSmith recipe builder.
Thanks!