So I recently started converting my recipes from extract with specialty grains to all-grain BIAB in BeerSmith. The main question I have about the conversion though is should you keep the grain percentages the same or should you keep the amount in oz/lbs the same for specialty grains and just increase/decrease base malts to hit target values.
Keeping the percentage the same makes sense from the stand point of the recipes as a whole but keeping the specialty grain amounts the same makes sense from the stand point of amount of flavor contributed by specialty grains to the same volume of final beer.
For example if an old recipe for simplicity sake was
8.5lbs (85%) Pale Extract
1lb (10%) crystal 60
.5lb (5%) roast barley
and I moved it to BIAB at 65% eff
would it become
Percentages the same:
6.66lbs (85%) Pale 2row
12.7oz (10%) crystal 60
6.3oz (5%) roast barley
or
Specialty grain amount stay the same and base changes:
6.375lbs (81%) Pale 2row
1lb (12.5%) crystal 60
.5lb (6.5%) roast barley
taking it one step further if I were to change the crush on the grain and the efficiency increased would I again alter just the base or should I also alter the specialty grains?
Thanks for any advice you can give!
Keeping the percentage the same makes sense from the stand point of the recipes as a whole but keeping the specialty grain amounts the same makes sense from the stand point of amount of flavor contributed by specialty grains to the same volume of final beer.
For example if an old recipe for simplicity sake was
8.5lbs (85%) Pale Extract
1lb (10%) crystal 60
.5lb (5%) roast barley
and I moved it to BIAB at 65% eff
would it become
Percentages the same:
6.66lbs (85%) Pale 2row
12.7oz (10%) crystal 60
6.3oz (5%) roast barley
or
Specialty grain amount stay the same and base changes:
6.375lbs (81%) Pale 2row
1lb (12.5%) crystal 60
.5lb (6.5%) roast barley
taking it one step further if I were to change the crush on the grain and the efficiency increased would I again alter just the base or should I also alter the specialty grains?
Thanks for any advice you can give!