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

Anyone hitting that, I call BS.

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%.

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.

we've hit 90% on 7bbl & 15bbl systems

I hit 82% once. Man, I felt like a king!

My average is 82%.

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)

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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