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I read somewhere recently that the extra boil time (90mins) starts to extract unwanted additions from the grain husks??? Hi Pilch, I've never heard of such a thing and being that when you boil the only thins that should be in your Kettle are Water + Sugars extracted from your Grain during the mash ...

Another thing that seems to be popular for Wheat is to mill the grain a lot finer. If crushed at the same setting as Barley lots of people report poor mash efficiencies as the grain is so much harder than barley and also a bit smaller so it doesn't mill up as easily as barley. Poor crush = poor effi...

HI pasBrewer I cant comment on the Recipe but A couple of notes you may want to consider. I am sure the Gurus will chip in as well 1) Best if you Change your mash and boil times to 90 minutes 2 - Not sure where the recipe is from but if your Hops have a different AA% than the original you can add th...

Hi Snaylor First up the Buffalo Urn wont be contributing to "Efficiency" compared to your stockpot (other than a different evaporation rate) so I'd rule that out as being an issue for a low GIB (Gravity into Boil) Theres lots of potential contributing factors, like Mash Temp, Crush of the grain etc....

Hi Streamer, You want something that conducts (or transfers) heat easily. So heat from your wort is transferred to the water running through the pipe.

Plastic pipe or PEX is not a good conductor of heat, whilst copper is about as good as you can get.

Thanks for the link Mally. An interesting read and very thorough post. I looked at what he was saying and compared it to the Spreadsheet I have decided to use to help me out. As I make adjustments to pH it does get my Alkalinity to low levels which apprently the author says is desired. If you want t...

I have the same mill tingtong. Had it for about 18 months and it's been great.

I use a low rpm high torque battery drill on mine and other than crushing wheat (which is like rock compared to barley) the battery drill has no problem.

Thanks for the link mate. Not sure if an alkalinity test is the same though. I thought it different to pH, related but not the same. From what I gather pH value is the big one for conversion efficiency. Whilst salts and minerals (which I think are part of the alkalinity equation) more affects taste,...

Thanks Mally, Yes I've seen that thanks. I also re-read a few posts from PP on efficiency etc Here and the things that can affect that to see if I am missing something. The basics such as Mash time, Temperature, Grain weight, Crush of grain and measurements I am pretty comfortable I am all over thos...

Hi Joshua, Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure (and need some help to get to the bottom of this) but You may of just inadvertently found my problem. I was being lazy and took the Recipe above as posted in BYO Magazine in an article written by Jamil Zainasheff as this is the same Recipe as written in ...

Hi Ben, instructions with pictures. I have a Buffalo and am very happy with it. http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/78765-solved-brand-new-buffalo-urn-wont-reach-rolling-boil/page-2#entry1173078 As for a BIAB Bags I use Swiss voil just cut in a circle and the edges sealed by running it around a naked ...

Hi lars, I too use a Buffalo and have found my Evap rate is very consistent at approx 3.6 litres per hour. (has been consistent over around 15 brews now) Which is a bit lower than the BIABacus default. I now have modified the BIABacus to allow for that in Section X. One of the other Brewers on here ...

Thanks for the detail above bundy and apologies for the delayed reply. I wouldn't have any hesitation in increasing the BIABacus trub estimates. It's not a big concern. Try the gentle transfer I mentioned to Josh above but your process sounds great to me. I think it is far more important to be sett...

Joshua, I think Pat was using an analogy, in how filters in general can work. Eg use a hop sock to catch trub, like a coffee filter will fill fast, use it to disperse trub in an inverse cone shape will disperse the trub to the sides, whilst still leave open mesh to let the liquid through. I don't re...

bundy, did you get my last email? If so, please let me know! As for kettle to fermentor loss, the BIABacus defaults are written in a way that enables you to get under way confidently with your brewing. KFL is an interesting area. KFL is very unpredictable. In BIABAcus 1.0 (unreleased at time of wri...

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