Amiaji

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How does this look for a first time P/M?

PM L/E Bee Cave Brewery Haus Pale Ale (1)
Brew Type: Partial Mash
Style: American Pale Ale
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Volume: 2.50 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %

Brewing Steps
Clean and prepare equipment.
-- Measure ingredients, crush grains.
-- Prepare 2.92 gal water for brewing
-- Prepare Ingredients for Mash
Amount Item Type
1.50 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain
1.50 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain

-- WARNING: Preheat Mash Tun - No equipment adjustments made!

Mash In: Add 4.39 qt of water at 165.9 F
60 min - Hold mash at 154.0 F for 60 min
-- Drain Mash Tun
-- Batch Sparge Round 1: Sparge with 0.91 gal of 168.0 F water.
-- Batch Sparge Round 2: Sparge with 0.91 gal of 168.0 F water.
-- Add water to achieve boil volume of 2.50 gal
-- Estimated Pre-boil Gravity is: 1.108 SG with all grains/extracts added

Boil Amount Item Type
60 min 1.00 oz Cascade [6.60 %] (60 min) Hops
30 min 0.50 oz Cascade [6.60 %] (30 min) Hops
15 min 4.00 lb Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract
15 min 0.25 oz Cascade [6.60 %] (15 min) Hops
5 min 0.25 oz Cascade [6.60 %] (5 min) Hops

-- Cool wort to fermentation temperature
-- Add water (as needed) to achieve volume of 5.00 gal
-- Siphon wort to primary fermenter and aerate wort.
-- Add Ingredients to Fermenter
Amount Item Type
1 Pkgs Nottingham Yeast (Lallemand #-) Yeast-Ale

10 days Ferment in primary for 10 days at 68.0 F
Transfer to Secondary Fermenter
7 days Ferment in secondary for 7 days at 68.0 F
-- Bottle beer at 68.0 F with 5 oz of corn sugar.
4.0 Weeks Age for 4.0 Weeks at 70.0 F

Does this recipe look ok? I used Beersmith to convert EdWorts recipe to a P/M L/A recipe.

Also I'm still trying to figure out how to use Beersmith properly. Is there anything I can do get rid of the warning message highlighted in bold above? I have looked throgh all the help topics and can't find anything about it.

david_42

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I can tell you why it is producing the warning; if you don't pre-heat the mash tun, you have to tell the program how much heat will be lost warming it up.

What I would do is put near boiling water in your tun and stir it slowly until you reach 166F, then put the grain in. That's how I do my mashes.

Looks ok otherwise (took me a bit to find the DME)

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Amiaji

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Ok that makes sense. I guess the part about "no equipment adjustments made" had me wondering what else I needed to enter into the program. Thanks for the info. Any other tips are appreciated.