Scaling recipies, just base grain?

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Hello.

I was wondering if I should scale the whole grain bill or just the base malt when I am adjusting a recipe for 70% yield for my process (80%).

What do you do?

cheers.
 
I would scale everything to keep the % of each grain used the same as the original recipe.
 
But is it really as simple as that?
Crystal malts dont need to be mashed and you are importing flavour into the same amount of fluid...
 
They don't need to be mashed, but they can and normally are in AG batches.

If you decrease the amount of base malt and keep the Crystal the same amount, you are going to end up with a slightly darker and slightly sweeter beer that the original.

I think.
 
BendBrewer said:
They don't need to be mashed, but they can and normally are in AG batches.

If you decrease the amount of base malt and keep the Crystal the same amount, you are going to end up with a slightly darker and slightly sweeter beer that the original.

I think.
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Slightly lighter and slightly sweeter and slightly weaker.

Adding more grain regardless of SRM adds color, on all other accounts you are correct.
 

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