Had a question regarding the Pliny the Elder recipe Vinny Cilurzo provided to Zymurgy in July/August 2009....
For reference, I am following the recipe provided here:
https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/attachments/0000/6351/doubleIPA.pdf
The post-boil OG for the recipe is listed as 1.071. If you enter the ingredients as listed into Beersmith for 6 gallons, it hits that number exactly at 75% efficiency.
However, when you use his extract version of the recipe, it's not even close. When you replace the 13.25 lbs of two-row with 6.5 lbs of light DME, there is a .013 gravity difference. That is, 13.25 lbs of two-row with 75% effic results in an OG of 1.060, while the 6.5lbs of DME only results in a post-boil OG of 1.047. In addition, you lose a few more points on the extract recipe by steeping vs. mashing the Carapils, so in total, you wind up with an estimate OG of 1.054, vs the 1.071 for the all-grain recipe.
I can't imagine he's implying the difference be made up by adding a bunch more corn sugar, is he? I would have assumed if the answer was to simply use more DME, he would have listed the amount higher than 6.5lbs.
Hope I am missing something obvious..otherwise I'll just wing it!
For reference, I am following the recipe provided here:
https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/attachments/0000/6351/doubleIPA.pdf
The post-boil OG for the recipe is listed as 1.071. If you enter the ingredients as listed into Beersmith for 6 gallons, it hits that number exactly at 75% efficiency.
However, when you use his extract version of the recipe, it's not even close. When you replace the 13.25 lbs of two-row with 6.5 lbs of light DME, there is a .013 gravity difference. That is, 13.25 lbs of two-row with 75% effic results in an OG of 1.060, while the 6.5lbs of DME only results in a post-boil OG of 1.047. In addition, you lose a few more points on the extract recipe by steeping vs. mashing the Carapils, so in total, you wind up with an estimate OG of 1.054, vs the 1.071 for the all-grain recipe.
I can't imagine he's implying the difference be made up by adding a bunch more corn sugar, is he? I would have assumed if the answer was to simply use more DME, he would have listed the amount higher than 6.5lbs.
Hope I am missing something obvious..otherwise I'll just wing it!