I recently reviewed http://www.beersmith.com/forum/index.php/topic,5140.0.html and setup an equipment profile for my Blichmann 15g kettle and 10gal Igloo Mash tun. I started with the defaults of 1.25g loss to trub & chiller, 1.5g boiloff and .80 gal lauter tun deadspace. I ended up way high on preboil volume so I did a dry run on my mashtun and kettle and found my mashtun deadspace was more like .5g and my brewkettle left .2g when draining just water, so I set it to .25g allowing for extra to be lost to hoptrub (I use pellet not cone mostly).
Last week I did my second brew after making those adjustments of a blonde ale as shown below
I used the exact water measurements for my mash in, mash out and sparge volumes and when I had finished collecting first and second runnings I had 9.25 gal in the brew kettle. 10gal of water for a 9.75lb grain bill seemed way to high for me, but I figured I'd trust Beersmiths output.
My 60 min boil only boiled off 1.25g instead of the 1.5 I thought I'd have, but I still ended up with over 7 gallons of wort going into my fermenters when I expected less than 6.
Do I have something setup improperly in my equipment profile, recipe or mash profile (I left it untouched at default settings)?
Last week I did my second brew after making those adjustments of a blonde ale as shown below
Code:
BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Centennial Blonde
Brewer:
Asst Brewer:
Style: Blonde Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 8.27 gal
Post Boil Volume: 7.02 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.043 SG
Estimated Color: 3.6 SRM
Estimated IBU: 20.3 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 67.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 82.2 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
8 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 82.1 %
12.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 7.7 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 3 5.1 %
8.0 oz Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 4 5.1 %
0.25 oz Centennial [10.50 %] - Boil 55.0 min Hop 5 8.2 IBUs
0.25 oz Centennial [10.50 %] - Boil 35.0 min Hop 6 7.0 IBUs
0.39 oz Cascade [5.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 7 3.8 IBUs
0.39 oz Cascade [5.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 8 1.2 IBUs
1.0 pkg Nottingham (Danstar #-) [23.66 ml] Yeast 9 -
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 9 lbs 12.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 14.19 qt of water at 159.8 F 150.0 F 60 min
Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (2.01gal, 4.38gal) of 168.0 F water
Notes:
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OG Shoot for 1.039 - 1.042
Keep Mash temp between 148 - 151
Keep IBU's between 17-20
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I used the exact water measurements for my mash in, mash out and sparge volumes and when I had finished collecting first and second runnings I had 9.25 gal in the brew kettle. 10gal of water for a 9.75lb grain bill seemed way to high for me, but I figured I'd trust Beersmiths output.
My 60 min boil only boiled off 1.25g instead of the 1.5 I thought I'd have, but I still ended up with over 7 gallons of wort going into my fermenters when I expected less than 6.
Do I have something setup improperly in my equipment profile, recipe or mash profile (I left it untouched at default settings)?
