BEERSMITH MASH EFFICIENCY FULL

I've had the same problem myself, that's why I've become very careful about measuring my volumes as accurately as I possibly can.

Likely, it will be below the 72% default, and then your estimated gravities will more closely match what you actually get.Ĭrazy Climber wrote:Since you were only off by 4 points after the mash, and much more after the boil (17 points), I would suspect one of two things as the primary culprit: If you look at several previous batches, you should start to get an idea of how you should be setting your 'BH Efficiency' on the Design tab in future recipes.

(I upgraded from BeerSmith 2, and I apologize that I don't remember where the Measured Efficiency lives in BS2 - I think the Session tab is new and only in BS3, but I know Measured Efficiency is somewhere in BS2.maybe the Volumes tab?). The second number is Measured Efficiency - that tells you what you actually got for efficiency on that batch. If you have BeerSmith 3, open previous batches and go to the 'Session' tab, and in the first section of the second row is the Brewhouse Efficiency numbers. Brewhouse efficiency should be set based on results that you've gotten on previous batches. Since you said you're using the default, that's quite likely where those 13 extra gravity points disappeared to. That's been one of my primary frustrations with brewing lately - thinking I'm going to be x gallons of y gravity wort, and winding up with (x - 0.5) gallons of higher-gravity wort, or (x + 0.5) gallons of lower-gravity wort.Ģ) As BlackDuck already pointed out, the brewhouse efficiency may not be accurate. How was your volume into the fermenter? Did you get the amount of wort that you expected? I sometimes have issues hitting my target volume in BeerSmith, because boil-off rate can vary (IMO, greatly) based on ambient temp and the vigor of my boil. Since you were only off by 4 points after the mash, and much more after the boil (17 points), I would suspect one of two things as the primary culprit:ġ) Boil-off rate. Working on getting my volumes and efficency closer to where they should be.įiner grind on the grain also due to having to use my cheap drill. Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (0.53gal, 3.75gal) of 180.0 F waterġ0-15-18- Started measuring all ingredients very carefully. Mash In Add 20.94 qt of water at 173.0 F 156.0 F 60 min

BEERSMITH MASH EFFICIENCY FULL

Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge

Taste: (30.0) 3 weeks later after two blowouts, very tasty! Roasty and smokey!ġ.00 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 2 -ĩ lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 55.1 %Ģ lbs Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 4 11.6 %ġ lbs 8.0 oz Smoked Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 5 8.7 %ġ lbs Carafa II (412.0 SRM) Grain 6 5.8 %ġ lbs Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 7 5.8 %ġ lbs Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 8 5.8 %Ĩ.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 9 2.9 %Ĥ.0 oz Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 10 1.4 %ġ.00 oz East Kent Goldings (EKG) - Firs Hop 11 16.5 IBUsġ.00 oz East Kent Goldings (EKG) - Boil Hop 12 10.5 IBUsĨ.0 oz Maltodextrin (3.0 SRM) Sugar 13 2.9 %ġ.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 5.0 mins) Fining 14 -Ģ.0 pkg SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) Yeast 15. That would prevent me from hitting the numbers. Please look over the recipe and see if there is something I'm just not seeing This is the third time doing this recipe I've laid an egg as far as efficiency goes. Into one step and drained the mash tun after about five minutes. One thing I did do differently, instead of a two step sparge I combined my sparge water The grain grind was a little finer than usual tooīecause of using a higher RPM drill for the mill.My mash temp started out at 157F. I did everything correct as far as the recipe in Beersmith, but it still came outĤ points low post mash and 17 after the boil. Volume levels in my kettle as well as my buckets. I've gotten very meticulous about volumes and weights in my last few brewsĮven going as far as weighing the water to get accurate volume. I missed the OG by 17 points and I really can't figure out why. Brewed a five gallon batch of smoked porter yesterday, and it wasn't

Beersmith mash efficiency