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98% Efficiency

Post by RossBee » Mon Mar 05, 2018 3:49 pm

Just saw a post on Facebook where DME claims a 98% efficiency on a system they sold.

Anyone hitting that, I call BS.
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Re: 98% Efficiency

Post by Woody » Mon Mar 05, 2018 4:05 pm

I've read a little on the electric brewery website and he get 95% efficiency and I felt the same. When I do extended mashes BIAB 10-12 gallons with a small sparge I get 75%.

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Post by KB1138 » Tue Mar 06, 2018 11:03 am

I've hit 90% once, and have made it into the 80s a few times. I can believe that a professional set up that has been dialed in can hit those kinds of numbers.
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Post by jacinthebox » Tue Mar 06, 2018 5:40 pm

we've hit 90% on 7bbl & 15bbl systems
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Re: 98% Efficiency

Post by Peterpasha » Tue Mar 06, 2018 5:53 pm

I hit 82% once. Man, I felt like a king!
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Re: 98% Efficiency

Post by McGruff » Tue Mar 06, 2018 8:23 pm

My average is 82%.

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Re: 98% Efficiency

Post by MitchK » Thu Mar 15, 2018 3:16 am

does this DME setup use a mash filter? It's an entirely different paradigm compared to a traditional mash and lauter where you basically mill into flour, mash what is essentially dough, run it through a huge plate filter under enormous pressure then sparge by running pressurized water through the filter (which now has all the mash particles caught in it) using a diaphragm. Allows for super short and super efficient mashes, and removes all lautering concerns so you no longer care about whether your husks are intact or even present (could mash 100% wheat or de-husked oats if you wanted to)

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Post by oceanic_brew » Fri Mar 16, 2018 4:55 pm

MitchK wrote:does this DME setup use a mash filter? It's an entirely different paradigm compared to a traditional mash and lauter where you basically mill into flour, mash what is essentially dough, run it through a huge plate filter under enormous pressure then sparge by running pressurized water through the filter (which now has all the mash particles caught in it) using a diaphragm. Allows for super short and super efficient mashes, and removes all lautering concerns so you no longer care about whether your husks are intact or even present (could mash 100% wheat or de-husked oats if you wanted to)

Never heard of that before, very interesting


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