I must be doing something wrong....

[HawgDaddy]

Trying to convert a red ale extract recipe to all grain, where specialties are approx. 17% of bill.

Originally using 6.6 lb of LME plus specialties, I'm using about 7.5# of 2 row pale malt plus specialties. 5 gal. recipe.

On BeerSmith, it's only calculating orig. gravity to about 1.009 where with the LME I was calculating about 1.053. I can't really get it to climb by adding more 2 row. Are there no fermentables in there? Why is the LME so much more?

As you can tell, I'm fairly new to AG and there has to be something I'm missing....

Thanks in advance....

 

[kh54s10]

Well first off, the conversion from LME to grain is not nearly equal. For 6.5# LME you will need about 9# grain. See: http://www.jaysbrewing.com/2011/11/17/lazy-chart-for-converting-dme-lme-grain/

I am not sure where your problem is because if you add more 2 row the gravity must increase.

Try looking at the information videos. There is one about converting from extract to grain.

 

[mattd2]

I have never used beersmith but it sounds like it is not taking into account that you are mashing the grains. If it was originally setup as a extract + steeping recipe, maybe you need to "turn on" the mash?

 

[HawgDaddy]

Matt, it was my settings...thanks

 

[TechyDork]

That one has gotten me a few times. I will forget to change the recipe to all grain. Also i think that Beersmith with convert from extract to AG for you, but i may be wrong on that one.