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I mean, I'm brewing all of these from the BYO 250 Classic Clone Recipes issue. How can they have their gravities wrong consistently? In multiple recipes. Sounds like you guys need to correct all of these recipes. And I need to learn how to calculate this stuff! Just bought the Beer Alchemy app.
/Will always still be figuring it out/
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I have no idea! That's why I wondered how accurate your gallon markings were in your fermenter- that tends to be the issue when a SG reading is wrong, that there is more liquid than the 5 gallons in the carboy. If you've actually checked it over and measured it yourself, I'm at a loss.
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flars
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Did you add the gallon marks to the kettle or was it the manufacturer? If it was the manufacturer have you checked the markings for accuracy? Reason for the question is buckets marked by the manufacturer can often be off.
Did you mark your carboys by pouring in an exact, or really close, 5 gallons of water?
Do you check the calibration of your hydrometer before each brew? The card inside can slip back and forth.
You're not actually doing a steep, you're partial mashing. I think it's pretty obvious that your just not getting as good efficiency from your partial mash as what the recipe is predicting. It's got nothing to do with the extract or water volumes (since you said these are all ending up correct, then that will be exactly as the recipe predicts).
This drop in mash efficiency could result from a number of different things. I would first make sure you're getting a good crush. But an easy way to fix it without changing anything is to add more base malt to your partial mash. Or add a little bit more extract. It won't give you any more of a "fake" taste then the extract that's already in there (which I don't think should give a "fake" taste).
This drop in mash efficiency could result from a number of different things. I would first make sure you're getting a good crush. But an easy way to fix it without changing anything is to add more base malt to your partial mash. Or add a little bit more extract. It won't give you any more of a "fake" taste then the extract that's already in there (which I don't think should give a "fake" taste).
