Ok, so I'm brewing an Oktoberfest this weekend and I put the recipe into beersmith. I'm basically COPYING it out of Brewing Classic Styles. I don't want to futz with coming up with anything new, just want to ferment a nice Oktoberfest, and Jamil and Co. usually know what their doing.
Anyway, I enter the numbers and my OG comes out to 1.070+. The recipe says 1.055. WTH?? I mess with some settings and I get numbers all the way from 1.070 + to 1.066.
So I mash with a bit more water, and give it plenty of sparge. I get 1.40 into the boil and boil for 90 minutes, as I am using Pilsner malt for a bit of the fermentables. I end up with 6.5 gallons of 1.058 wort...
I thought about adding some water to top off, but I didn't have any boiled and sanitized water on hand. I guess it will be ok. Except I forgot the Irish Moss again!!
I had a 1.6L starter ready and in the fridge to acclimatize. Pitched it the next morning cause the wort was still not down to 50. We'll see what happens.
I had about 1.5 gallons of wort extra so I put it in a 3 gallon carboy and added some Notty.
Anyway, how could the numbers be so far off? I've never had beersmith be off more than what a bit of tweaking to match my process would account for!
Anyway, I enter the numbers and my OG comes out to 1.070+. The recipe says 1.055. WTH?? I mess with some settings and I get numbers all the way from 1.070 + to 1.066.
So I mash with a bit more water, and give it plenty of sparge. I get 1.40 into the boil and boil for 90 minutes, as I am using Pilsner malt for a bit of the fermentables. I end up with 6.5 gallons of 1.058 wort...
I thought about adding some water to top off, but I didn't have any boiled and sanitized water on hand. I guess it will be ok. Except I forgot the Irish Moss again!!
I had a 1.6L starter ready and in the fridge to acclimatize. Pitched it the next morning cause the wort was still not down to 50. We'll see what happens.
I had about 1.5 gallons of wort extra so I put it in a 3 gallon carboy and added some Notty.
Anyway, how could the numbers be so far off? I've never had beersmith be off more than what a bit of tweaking to match my process would account for!