Birome Brewer
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Me being the dummy in this situation, I need some help understanding this concept. I understand what it measures, but I do not fully understand each element that goes into the calculation. I recently bought BeerSmith to use with my last batch (third AG batch, first ten gallon). The batch was Austin's Texas Red AG kit. When I enter the ingredients into BeerSmith, it calculates the OG at 1.060 when the Brewhouse efficiency number is 75%. Austin's recipe says the OG should be 1.055. If I drop the Brewhouse efficiency number to 69% then BeerSmith calculates the OG at 1.055 as it says on the recipe. Since the Brewhouse efficiency number is controlled by the user and not calculated by the software, how do you decide what that number should be. I hit all of my temperature targets pretty close, and my measured OG was 1.053. When I put that in the software, it calculates the actual efficiency at 65.9%. I think from what I read, you should shoot for at least 75%, so I would assume that I need to do a little better next time, but it seems if the recipe calls for 1.055 and I hit 1.053 thats not too bad.
Can anyone critique me or help me understand how well (or not so well) I did?
Thanks.
Can anyone critique me or help me understand how well (or not so well) I did?
Thanks.