Anthony_Lopez
Well-Known Member
So this weekend we brewed a Kolsch from a shop we haven't used yet. They were a little closer than our brew shop and about the same prices.
The recipe for the Kolsch called out an OG of ~1.045 based off the ingredients for the recipe. Using the beer calculus page, we put in our ingredients and got a ~1.056. To me this seems like quite a gap between his recipe OG and our OG. I don't believe there is any other way to get the gravity readings except the basic math involved in the ingredients.
We used:
3.3 lb Light LME
3 lb Light DME
1 lb Pilsner
1 oz Tetnanger Bittering Hops at 3.5% for 60 minutes
1 oz Hallertau Aroma at 4.5% for the last 10 minutes
We also had 1 bag irish moss that was in the boil for the last 20 minutes.
It was a 5 gallon batch with a 10 minute mini-mash at 160 degree F for the pilsner grain. 60 minute total boil with the above ingredients.
Our OG came out to exactly where we wanted to be with the beer calculus page. ~ 1.052.
Anyone else have trouble with calculated recipes from stores compared to beer calculators? The guy didnt really seem to have his act together, and had some equipment at outrageous prices.
Sorry for the essay!
The recipe for the Kolsch called out an OG of ~1.045 based off the ingredients for the recipe. Using the beer calculus page, we put in our ingredients and got a ~1.056. To me this seems like quite a gap between his recipe OG and our OG. I don't believe there is any other way to get the gravity readings except the basic math involved in the ingredients.
We used:
3.3 lb Light LME
3 lb Light DME
1 lb Pilsner
1 oz Tetnanger Bittering Hops at 3.5% for 60 minutes
1 oz Hallertau Aroma at 4.5% for the last 10 minutes
We also had 1 bag irish moss that was in the boil for the last 20 minutes.
It was a 5 gallon batch with a 10 minute mini-mash at 160 degree F for the pilsner grain. 60 minute total boil with the above ingredients.
Our OG came out to exactly where we wanted to be with the beer calculus page. ~ 1.052.
Anyone else have trouble with calculated recipes from stores compared to beer calculators? The guy didnt really seem to have his act together, and had some equipment at outrageous prices.
Sorry for the essay!