ClarnoBrewer
Well-Known Member
Today was my first batch on a 25-gallon system. I decided to start with something simple and malty, so I did a Scottish session ale. I wanted to to come out around 3.4% or so.
Here's the grain bill:
23# Golden Promise
3.5# Cherry smoked malt
2# flaked barley
1.5# Patagonia Especial 140 (recipe called for Special B, LHBS said this would do)
1# Chocolate Rye
1# Roasted Barley
1# Pale Chocolate
Mashed at 152* for 1 hour, batch sparged to pull off 28g.
I was hoping for 1.033 into the boiler (which is what BeerSmith indicated), but got 1.048. I added a gallon of water, but my final OG was still 1.048.
Not a big deal, but I'm curious as to where I missed it on the numbers. Beersmith has always been right on. Surely I'm not getting 99% efficiency, so something is screwy.
Thanks!
Here's the grain bill:
23# Golden Promise
3.5# Cherry smoked malt
2# flaked barley
1.5# Patagonia Especial 140 (recipe called for Special B, LHBS said this would do)
1# Chocolate Rye
1# Roasted Barley
1# Pale Chocolate
Mashed at 152* for 1 hour, batch sparged to pull off 28g.
I was hoping for 1.033 into the boiler (which is what BeerSmith indicated), but got 1.048. I added a gallon of water, but my final OG was still 1.048.
Not a big deal, but I'm curious as to where I missed it on the numbers. Beersmith has always been right on. Surely I'm not getting 99% efficiency, so something is screwy.
Thanks!