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re: Homebrewing: Brewing in process thread (with pics)
Posted on 2/25/13 at 4:07 pm to BugAC
Posted on 2/25/13 at 4:07 pm to BugAC
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I don't know. I input my measured Pre-Boil gravity. I had to adjust my points based on the temperature at reading. It read at 1.042, but added .01 points to get a measured pre-boil gravity of 1.052. Put that into beersmith and my efficiency read at 83%. I then conducted my boil and all i gathered was 4.5 gallons. I don't know how, but thats what i got. and my target OG was 1.062 post boil. And that's exactly what i got.
How did you calculate that your recipe would give you 1062? Beersmith? What is your efficiency set to in the program? Bc unless your brewery efficiency is set to 60/65% you did not get 83% efficiency. You ended up a half gallon short (typically 10 pts a gallon), so lets call that 5 points. So your 5 gallon beer would have been 1057. Based on my calculations 1062 has you at 75% with your recipe which would make 1057 just shy of 70%.
Not knocking your brew at all, more just bored at work trying to figure stuff out.
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Posted on 2/25/13 at 4:11 pm to Fratastic423
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How did you calculate that your recipe would give you 1062? Beersmith?
Yeah
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Not knocking your brew at all, more just bored at work trying to figure stuff out.
I understand. I believe it's set at 70-75, i'd have to check though
Posted on 2/25/13 at 4:13 pm to Fratastic423
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Bc unless your brewery efficiency is set to 60/65% you did not get 83% efficiency.
The only thing i would object with, is my past brews, i've done hand calculations before, and i came up at 83%. But i was shy of 5 gallons. I'll play with brewsmith tonight and see what i'm getting. I don't believe i've ever set my efficiency on brewsmith. I'll see.
Posted on 2/25/13 at 4:33 pm to Fratastic423
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How did you calculate that your recipe would give you 1062? Beersmith? What is your efficiency set to in the program? Bc unless your brewery efficiency is set to 60/65% you did not get 83% efficiency. You ended up a half gallon short (typically 10 pts a gallon), so lets call that 5 points. So your 5 gallon beer would have been 1057. Based on my calculations 1062 has you at 75% with your recipe which would make 1057 just shy of 70%.
Not knocking your brew at all, more just bored at work trying to figure stuff out.
Maybe he is stating mash efficiency vs. brewhouse efficiency?
Also, I have never done a temperature conversion for a gravity reading. I either chilled it or used a refractometer. Is gravity measurement not at 60 very reliable?
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