Has anyone experienced a drastic degradation of efficiency when using the short malt pipe with the 50L Braumeister?
I've used the short malt pipe twice now. The first time my OG came out lower than expected, but I just chalked it up to being distracted during my brew session. I brewed yesterday and achieved about 60% mash efficiency. I normally achieve 72%-78% with the regular malt pipe.
My process includes a 70 minute mash with a 10 minute mashout and no sparge.
Yesterday I brewed the following recipe:
10LB 2-Row
1LB C-40
0.5LB Carapils
At a 75% efficiency, I should have hit 1.057, instead I only managed 1.047, roughly 60% efficiency.
I really like using the short malt pipe as I get more variety in what I brew and the brew day is a lot shorter. But the low efficiency really is a deal breaker for me.