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Gravity consistently off by 10 points
« Reply #30 on: November 16, 2016, 05:25:06 pm »
I did four things to boost to my efficiency: 1) I got a mill and adjusted it to the width of a COSTCO card and barely backed off, 2) abandoned the spoon for a whisk to break up dough balls when I stir the mash, 3) use a filter bag that once "drained", then I lift it to drain nearly all the wort into the tun. I batch sparge to get near equal runnings, drain and lift again and 4) I started using 1.65 qts water per lb grain.  I now have to reduce grain and water from printed recipes to reach desired OG and pre boil volume.


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Re: Gravity consistently off by 10 points
« Reply #31 on: November 16, 2016, 06:48:11 pm »
I used the Costco card before I bought my feeler gauge. It was the only card I had without raised lettering

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Re: Gravity consistently off by 10 points
« Reply #32 on: November 16, 2016, 07:37:45 pm »
I used the Costco card before I bought my feeler gauge. It was the only card I had without raised lettering
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Re: Gravity consistently off by 10 points
« Reply #33 on: November 16, 2016, 08:00:32 pm »
I think it's about .035mil

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Re: Gravity consistently off by 10 points
« Reply #34 on: November 16, 2016, 08:06:25 pm »
I think it's about .035mil
Whoa! That's tiny.

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Re: Gravity consistently off by 10 points
« Reply #35 on: November 17, 2016, 07:27:17 am »
I think it's about .035mil
Whoa! That's tiny.

LOL!  I see what you're talking about there... ;)
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Re: Gravity consistently off by 10 points
« Reply #36 on: November 17, 2016, 09:17:17 am »
I think it's about .035mil
Whoa! That's tiny.

LOL!  I see what you're talking about there... ;)

 ;D  Less than the width of a hair may be a little tight. That made me chuckle.

Might want think about that as .035 inches.  It would be 0.889mm if you want use metric.

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Re: Gravity consistently off by 10 points
« Reply #37 on: November 17, 2016, 10:29:42 am »
Misplaced decimal. 35 mil = .035"

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Re: Gravity consistently off by 10 points
« Reply #38 on: November 17, 2016, 12:04:02 pm »
That makes more sense.

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