I've recently added a a grain mill to my equipment and I just brewed my first batch using it. Everything went smoothly, but I got some numbers that I was not expecting and I don't exactly know why or how to adjust beersmith to account for it in the future.
My target boil volume/gravity was 8.5gal/1.037, but I hit 1.010 in my run off at 7.6gal and my gravity was already 1.044.
Since this was a test batch to dial in my efficiencies I just rolled with it rather than adding top off water to match boil volume or gravity, but if I were to add water to reach 1.037 I would have had a 9gal boil volume.
I feel like I should understand this already but I'm a bit confused as to what caused it and how to account for it in the future? The thing that is really getting me is the 1.010 run off gravity. I've never come close to that in the past before hitting my boil volume. I obviously had higher mash efficiency then I typically get from LHBS mill, but I can't adjust the mash efficiency field in beersmith and when I adjust the Brewhouse efficiency to match my measured efficiency it didn't effect much with the target volumes and gravity.
Thanks for any insight!
Mike
My target boil volume/gravity was 8.5gal/1.037, but I hit 1.010 in my run off at 7.6gal and my gravity was already 1.044.
Since this was a test batch to dial in my efficiencies I just rolled with it rather than adding top off water to match boil volume or gravity, but if I were to add water to reach 1.037 I would have had a 9gal boil volume.
I feel like I should understand this already but I'm a bit confused as to what caused it and how to account for it in the future? The thing that is really getting me is the 1.010 run off gravity. I've never come close to that in the past before hitting my boil volume. I obviously had higher mash efficiency then I typically get from LHBS mill, but I can't adjust the mash efficiency field in beersmith and when I adjust the Brewhouse efficiency to match my measured efficiency it didn't effect much with the target volumes and gravity.
Thanks for any insight!
Mike