#BEERSMITH RECIPE FILES FULL#

Remember though, the numbers will never add up perfectly in BeerSmith until some errors get fixed.Īlso because of the above, BIABrewer has created the BIABacus which, despite its primitive spreadsheet form, is still far easier, faster, safer and more powerful to use. I usually avoid answering Beersmith questions now as it takes so much time to explain the formula errors, terminology and things that can go wrong but it looks like you have a solid understanding of the basics so I'll see if I can quickly find what has gone wrong if you post the file. bsm file up here so as we can take a look (see Note below). (Also note that some errors in BeerSmith1 are not in BS2 but several are still in both. Those numbers are estimates and therefore should match (amount of 'sugars' in the beginning of the boil equals amount of 'sugars' at the end of the boil) but are 20% different.īeersmith has several volume and gravity errors but when you do the above calculations, the error is only 4% so something else is gong on here. The above are well within 5 percent of each other and that is great as it is very hard to get two sets of measurements to match exactly at our scale of brewing.īut, let's do the same check on the Beersmith estimates.ģ3.3 L 1.089 = 33.3 * 89 = 2964 This is not correct. To determine this he would have done the following quick volume x gravity calculations.ģ0.7 L 1.091 = 30.7 * 91 = 2794 All is good! Mad_Scientist wrote:Actually, your pre and post numbers nearly balance.What MS is saying here is correct. Just can't get my head around the mash and boil numbers.

#BEERSMITH RECIPE FILES FULL#

Disappointing - was hoping for a full keg and a lot of bottles! Because of the high boil-off and trub though, I only got 25L into the fermenter, and some of that is trub, so yield will still be lowish compared to calculated. I really must start siphoning off the top instead of draining from the tap for these big hop bills, so much trub into fermenter.

Massive amount of hops went into the boil on this one, and even using Hop Extract at 90mins and 45mins, the trub was intense. But what I don't get, is that if I started with a higher volume of wort, at a slightly higher than calculated SG, how have I ended up with a significantly lower volume of wort at only slightly higher than calculated SG? Shouldn't the SG be much higher given I started higher and boiled off way more than calculated? Or do SG's swing only slightly with big(ish) changes to volume? High, but OK, I can set Beersmith higher in the future.

So, calculating actual boil-off, I've boiled 14L in 90 minutes, for 9.3L/hr. This is the one I'm having the most trouble dialing in.Įnded up with 30.7L post-boil, at 1.091.

So, all good right? More wort at higher OG? Actual mash efficiency 79% according to Beersmith.ĩ0 minute boil - I set Beersmith at 6L/hr. So, mashed in with 49L of water, mashed for 62.8 at 75 min, 68.3 at 10, then mashout at 75.6, as per recipe I was copying.Įnded up with 44.7L of water at 1.060 (Beersmith indicated 42.3L at 1.058). Set Beersmith Total Efficiency to 63% to give an Estimated Mash Efficiency of 72% (based on previous big brews this seemed a good guess) Grain bill was: 10kg BB Pale Malt, 450g Carapils, 265g JW Caramalt, 235g Acidulated malt, for a 28L batch after 4L of loss to hop trub etc, using Beersmith 2. Pliny the Younger attempt - love my big IPAs! I'll use yesterday's brew to try and explain my concerns. Still trying to dial-in my numbers, but am concerned I'm missing something with respect to trying to get them right!Įquipment is a 70L pot with Mongolian burner. New member, long time K&K then extract brewer, now with about 10 BIAB's under my belt.

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