FreebootersBrewing
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I recently finished my single-tier system and after brewing one batch on it, my efficiency has gone up almost 10 points.
So, to scale a recipe for a higher efficiency than it was originally designed, would you:
A. Just decrease the amount of base malt you use to hit your target gravity?
or
B. Would you scale back everything including specialty grains proportionally?
Would there be significant difference in the finished beer depending on which method you used?
I use Beersmith and have played with the scale recipe function. But after scaling the recipe for example, 1 lb of chocolate malt gets scaled to .88 lbs and I don't really want to get that specific. Just wondering what others do.
So, to scale a recipe for a higher efficiency than it was originally designed, would you:
A. Just decrease the amount of base malt you use to hit your target gravity?
or
B. Would you scale back everything including specialty grains proportionally?
Would there be significant difference in the finished beer depending on which method you used?
I use Beersmith and have played with the scale recipe function. But after scaling the recipe for example, 1 lb of chocolate malt gets scaled to .88 lbs and I don't really want to get that specific. Just wondering what others do.