loctones
Well-Known Member
I'm planning an imperial stout, but the amount of grain required is too much to fit in my MLT. I can only fit about 12 lbs. So, I'm trying to convert it to martial mash. I'm using BeerSmith, and the Convert utility doesn't seem to allow me to specify how much grain I want to use.
As a work around, I did the following: I set up everything as I would an all-grain batch. Then, I manually calculated how much grain over 12 lbs. I had. To calculate the amount of extract I need, I made a separate recipe in BeerSmith containing only the amount of 2 row I needed over my maximum of 12 lbs. I then converted the 2 row only recipe to extract, and used that information to build my finished partial mash recipe.
I don't see any problems with this approach, but I've not done this before. Is this a valid way to do the conversion?
As a work around, I did the following: I set up everything as I would an all-grain batch. Then, I manually calculated how much grain over 12 lbs. I had. To calculate the amount of extract I need, I made a separate recipe in BeerSmith containing only the amount of 2 row I needed over my maximum of 12 lbs. I then converted the 2 row only recipe to extract, and used that information to build my finished partial mash recipe.
I don't see any problems with this approach, but I've not done this before. Is this a valid way to do the conversion?