KipDM
Master Brewer
I am hoping to be able to finally go all grain sometimes in the first half of 2018 and have some questions.
Have you found your efficiency goes up by increasing your [strike water] volume to grain ratio? [Such as: which is better for efficiency, 1.25 qt/lb or 1.5 qt/lb?]
Does adding 5.2 pH stabilizer ever actually hurt your efficiency?
If not then should I use some [even if only half the recommended] in ever mash? I don't mind paying extra for pH stabilizer if it keeps my mash and efficiency consistent.
For brewers with forms of RIMS systems, if your re-circulation is going faster than the wort drains through your grainbed, is it good practice to turn off pump and wait for wort to drain, or is it better to let wort go through overflow tube [back down to pump level]? For preventing pump cavitation as well as for efficiency...
If you are dealing with mash tun space constraints do you find it better to use the Texas two step [do 2 1/2 sized mashes] or to mash as much as you can and use extract to supplement?
Thanks for any replies, I'm really looking forward to finally going all grain after years of extract or extract with partial mash batches!
Have you found your efficiency goes up by increasing your [strike water] volume to grain ratio? [Such as: which is better for efficiency, 1.25 qt/lb or 1.5 qt/lb?]
Does adding 5.2 pH stabilizer ever actually hurt your efficiency?
If not then should I use some [even if only half the recommended] in ever mash? I don't mind paying extra for pH stabilizer if it keeps my mash and efficiency consistent.
For brewers with forms of RIMS systems, if your re-circulation is going faster than the wort drains through your grainbed, is it good practice to turn off pump and wait for wort to drain, or is it better to let wort go through overflow tube [back down to pump level]? For preventing pump cavitation as well as for efficiency...
If you are dealing with mash tun space constraints do you find it better to use the Texas two step [do 2 1/2 sized mashes] or to mash as much as you can and use extract to supplement?
Thanks for any replies, I'm really looking forward to finally going all grain after years of extract or extract with partial mash batches!