Damn
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Go easy with me as I'm only in my 2nd year apprenticeship with AHB mostly as my master.
I BIAB. I use beersmith as my brewing tool and are making more than my share of errors in my training. But I'm also making a few bloody tasty beers.
A recent plight of mine is my poor efficiency as described in http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/77963-trying-to-improve-my-efficiency/
On my last brew I had a considerable jump in expected OG. I think maybe squeezing the chit out of the BIABag may of been the major contributor.
My expected OG 1.060.......ended up with 22l of 1.067.
I was brewing an English IPA (not sure that helps).
So, in my bull at a gate technique, master out of sight and beersmith in my holster I made the following adjustments.
First, in beersmith, I adjusted the Tot Efficiency until the estimated OG matched mine of 1.067, then I adjusted the Batch size until it hit the expected OG. (2.4l additional required).
So I added 2.4l of preboiled water. I didn't remeasure my OG. But what I noticed is the IBU & EBC changed in beersmith (on reflection I expect it should). On pondering these changes I worried I may of buggered up the balance of the beer?
I will adjust my equipment profile for next brew so I can get more accurate results. But I'm wondering how you guys adjust your brew when you overshoot by so much? Should I of just left it alone?
Thanks for any opinions.
Damian.
I BIAB. I use beersmith as my brewing tool and are making more than my share of errors in my training. But I'm also making a few bloody tasty beers.
A recent plight of mine is my poor efficiency as described in http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/77963-trying-to-improve-my-efficiency/
On my last brew I had a considerable jump in expected OG. I think maybe squeezing the chit out of the BIABag may of been the major contributor.
My expected OG 1.060.......ended up with 22l of 1.067.
I was brewing an English IPA (not sure that helps).
So, in my bull at a gate technique, master out of sight and beersmith in my holster I made the following adjustments.
First, in beersmith, I adjusted the Tot Efficiency until the estimated OG matched mine of 1.067, then I adjusted the Batch size until it hit the expected OG. (2.4l additional required).
So I added 2.4l of preboiled water. I didn't remeasure my OG. But what I noticed is the IBU & EBC changed in beersmith (on reflection I expect it should). On pondering these changes I worried I may of buggered up the balance of the beer?
I will adjust my equipment profile for next brew so I can get more accurate results. But I'm wondering how you guys adjust your brew when you overshoot by so much? Should I of just left it alone?
Thanks for any opinions.
Damian.