mbg
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I've been brewing all grain for quite a few years now (5-gal. Batches). I usually buy grain and mill it myself. I used a 48 Qt. Ice Cube cooler and consistently got mid to low 70's for eff.. I recently bought a few unmilled all grain kits when they were on sale at NB. I also built a new mash tun from a 70 Qt Xtreme rectangular cooler. I hit the mash volumes and temperatures but only had 57% eff. or close to 10 points off on pre-boil gravity.
Should I have gotten lower eff. from the new tun? Only other thing that I can think of is the grain bill could have been short?
I hope to brew again this weekend and already weighed the grain so I'll get another shot to check my eff..
Thanks,
Mike
Should I have gotten lower eff. from the new tun? Only other thing that I can think of is the grain bill could have been short?
I hope to brew again this weekend and already weighed the grain so I'll get another shot to check my eff..
Thanks,
Mike