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Yeah that's throwing us off too. We think 15.5 plato (1.063) is preboil gravity. Our postboil OG is close to 1.078 but a few tenths lower in beersmith, so we are not sure what 1.078 is supposed to be.

So basically a local brewery, Center of the Universe Brewing Company (http://www.cotubrewing.com/), is having a competition where they give 60 Homebrewers the chance to take a wort that they have made and pretty much do whatever they want with it, as long as it it commercially viable. They send...

There are a couple of other threads in other sections but I am fairly new to using BeerSmith and wanted to get someone else's opinion. A local brewery near me is doing a wort share competition. I've entered the grain bill for the wort that they are giving us and that's fine. To get the...

Here's the bill for this years... 90.6% Special Pale 4.6% Caramel 30 2.5% Crisp Dextrine Malt 2.3% Flaked Oats 2.8 to 1 liquor to grist ratio. Target Mash Temperature 155° F 15.5° Plato (1.078 SG) I've never done this before, but wouldn't 15.5 Plato be closer to 1.063 SG? And then...

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Awesome. Let me know how it turns out and anything cool you did to it!

I missed the announcement for them doing it. Hopefully they will do it again soon. If not COTU then another local brewery. Good luck!

Picked up the GE 7cf chest freezer from HD while it was on sale. SWMBO gave me a HD gift card for our anniversary and I had some credit card points so I couldn't resist this freezer. I plan on eventually adding a collar but I will probably wait a few months to save up for $200+ in faucets and...

Honey ale brewing again.

First attempt at an immersion chiller, a little amateur but it will work a lot better than sticking it in an ice bath.

Brewing some honey ale. This is right before I went to take a close up picture of it and dropped my phone while it was boiling.