ImperialStout
Well-Known Member
Just made two short beers from original 5 gallon batches of imperial beers with 20 - 25 pounds of grain. Starting gravity (SG) run around 1.080 - 1.095 or 20 - 23 brix. For the short beer I added 4 gallons of 165 F water to the spent grain in the MT, let sit 1 hour and get starting gravity's around 1.040, 10 brix. This should net about 2.5 gallons of 4.5% beer. Will post results when the beer is done.
If you use beersmith for short beers what settings do you use? I set equipment to 4 gal brew pot, set the type to PM, set the style to a regular version of the style (usually IPA or Stout) and scale down to a 3 gallon batch. Beersmith scales down both the grain and hop quantities. This works OK but the SG is always much higher than the measured SG. To correct this I adjust the scaled down grain bill so the estimated SG equals the measured SG.
This throws the hops / IBU's off so I set the desired IBU to the original recipe. Beersmith then adjusts the hop bill. This method works OK, I think, but takes several steps to do.
Looking to see if anyone has a less cumbersome or more accurate way to make short beers using Beersmith.
If you use beersmith for short beers what settings do you use? I set equipment to 4 gal brew pot, set the type to PM, set the style to a regular version of the style (usually IPA or Stout) and scale down to a 3 gallon batch. Beersmith scales down both the grain and hop quantities. This works OK but the SG is always much higher than the measured SG. To correct this I adjust the scaled down grain bill so the estimated SG equals the measured SG.
This throws the hops / IBU's off so I set the desired IBU to the original recipe. Beersmith then adjusts the hop bill. This method works OK, I think, but takes several steps to do.
Looking to see if anyone has a less cumbersome or more accurate way to make short beers using Beersmith.
