Hi
I am not happy with brewhouse efficiencies I am getting and was wondering if my equipment settings may be a part of the problem.
To define my losses I added water to my empty tun and drained it. I then measured the water left in the tun after the drain.
For my converted keg I did the same thing. The, "deadspace" below my valve is 1.75 gallons. That is what I input for me equipments, "Loss to Boil Trub and Chiller". I do not have to tip the boil kettle to top off my fermentor to 5.5 gallons but that is always an option for me. I do brew in Wisconsin's cold dry climate and can lose a lot of water to evaporation. Thus, I set my evaporation rate to 15%.
My batch volume is set at 5.5 gallons.
Any thoughts on this? (I do have a barley crusher and am satisfied witht he crush.)
I am not happy with brewhouse efficiencies I am getting and was wondering if my equipment settings may be a part of the problem.
To define my losses I added water to my empty tun and drained it. I then measured the water left in the tun after the drain.
For my converted keg I did the same thing. The, "deadspace" below my valve is 1.75 gallons. That is what I input for me equipments, "Loss to Boil Trub and Chiller". I do not have to tip the boil kettle to top off my fermentor to 5.5 gallons but that is always an option for me. I do brew in Wisconsin's cold dry climate and can lose a lot of water to evaporation. Thus, I set my evaporation rate to 15%.
My batch volume is set at 5.5 gallons.
Any thoughts on this? (I do have a barley crusher and am satisfied witht he crush.)