steven.d.morrow
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Hello All,
I have been all-grain brewing for 8 months now and decided to upgrade my mash tun from a 5 gallon water cooler to a 10 gallon water cooler and I am having a couple of problems.
1. With the new cooler, I am getting brewhouse efficiency around 50%, with the 5 gallon tun I was closer to 68%. I have not changed the grind of my grains.
2. Using beersmith, I created a new equipment profile for the new tun, but I am finding that I was undershooting the mash temperature by ~4 degrees F. With the old tun I was hitting mash temperature perfectly.
I have brewed with this new setup 3 times now. After the first time, I started heating up my strike water a few degrees warmer so that I would hit the proper mash temperature. I am now overshooting by 4 degrees (btw target 150F for the mash).
I think I can dial in the mash temperature, but the efficiency has be concerned. A small drop in efficiency would seem reasonable (a few percent) but 18% seems like I need to fix something.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
I have been all-grain brewing for 8 months now and decided to upgrade my mash tun from a 5 gallon water cooler to a 10 gallon water cooler and I am having a couple of problems.
1. With the new cooler, I am getting brewhouse efficiency around 50%, with the 5 gallon tun I was closer to 68%. I have not changed the grind of my grains.
2. Using beersmith, I created a new equipment profile for the new tun, but I am finding that I was undershooting the mash temperature by ~4 degrees F. With the old tun I was hitting mash temperature perfectly.
I have brewed with this new setup 3 times now. After the first time, I started heating up my strike water a few degrees warmer so that I would hit the proper mash temperature. I am now overshooting by 4 degrees (btw target 150F for the mash).
I think I can dial in the mash temperature, but the efficiency has be concerned. A small drop in efficiency would seem reasonable (a few percent) but 18% seems like I need to fix something.
Any suggestions?
Thanks