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So what I did was download the latest version of BeerSmith to start totally fresh. Numbers came out what I thought they should be for grain amounts. 2 Row - 7.5lbs, Oats and Wheat 2.5lbs each. So numbers are much better. Thanks for the suggestion about re downloading the data. Just took it...

I have a trub loss of .50 Gals and Cooling shrinkage of .23 Gals. 2 Row - 1.028 - 60%, Malted Oats - 1.009 - 20% and Malted Wheat 1.040 - 86%.

That reading is post boil. Dead space is only .13Gal, post boil volume is 5.73gal.

Checked both again and batch size is at 5 Gallons and efficiency is set to 60%.

As I said still learning, so any help or direction would be great.

My efficiency is in the low 60s....

OG is 1.060 and Batch size is 5 Gallons.

I have a recipe that has 60% Two Row, 20% Malted Wheat and 20% Malted oats with an OG of 1.060. I enter this into Beer Smith and it's telling me I need 10lbs 10oz of Two Row, 3lbs 8.9oz of Malted wheat an 3lbs 8.9 oz of malted oats. Is that too much grain? It seems like a lot to me, but I am...

Vikeman, thanks for all your help and direction with this recipe and my other questions. I will definitely check this stuff out.

No I don't own one and always thought I should. So what Mash PH/Water spreadsheet/software do you recommend?

Last question, I think. I've never took a reading for PH, should I be doing this?

LOL. Sounds about right!!

Ok I thought the Honey malt was a factor in the bright yellow for this recipe. Good to know about the 2 row being more responsible for the color.

So the Honey Malt is the grain that gives it most of it's color? Also, what about fermentation temp? Leaving at 67F ok or should I be raising it at all during the process?

Mash Efficiency was 59% and Brewhouse Efficiency was 57% for one of my brew days.