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So what I did was download the latest version of BeerSmith to start totally fresh. Numbers came out what I thought they should be for grain amounts. 2 Row - 7.5lbs, Oats and Wheat 2.5lbs each. So numbers are much better. Thanks for the suggestion about re downloading the data. Just took it...

I have a trub loss of .50 Gals and Cooling shrinkage of .23 Gals. 2 Row - 1.028 - 60%, Malted Oats - 1.009 - 20% and Malted Wheat 1.040 - 86%.

That reading is post boil. Dead space is only .13Gal, post boil volume is 5.73gal.

Checked both again and batch size is at 5 Gallons and efficiency is set to 60%.

As I said still learning, so any help or direction would be great.

My efficiency is in the low 60s....

OG is 1.060 and Batch size is 5 Gallons.

I have a recipe that has 60% Two Row, 20% Malted Wheat and 20% Malted oats with an OG of 1.060. I enter this into Beer Smith and it's telling me I need 10lbs 10oz of Two Row, 3lbs 8.9oz of Malted wheat an 3lbs 8.9 oz of malted oats. Is that too much grain? It seems like a lot to me, but I am...

Vikeman, thanks for all your help and direction with this recipe and my other questions. I will definitely check this stuff out.

No I don't own one and always thought I should. So what Mash PH/Water spreadsheet/software do you recommend?

Last question, I think. I've never took a reading for PH, should I be doing this?

LOL. Sounds about right!!

Ok I thought the Honey malt was a factor in the bright yellow for this recipe. Good to know about the 2 row being more responsible for the color.

So the Honey Malt is the grain that gives it most of it's color? Also, what about fermentation temp? Leaving at 67F ok or should I be raising it at all during the process?

Mash Efficiency was 59% and Brewhouse Efficiency was 57% for one of my brew days.

VikeMan, you are correct as one of my numbers was missing which made my mash efficiency increase. My mistake on this. So my brewhouse efficiency is normally anywhere from 50% to 58%, is this a concern? Assuming it's equipment related.

My Efficiency is being calculated by BeerSmith after inputing my numbers.

So below you will see the recipe I use for a NEIPA. One that I found on internet and made little changes. I found the last couple of batches didn't come out like I had hoped for. The last one was due to fermentation temps as the beer had a bad alcohol taste at the end of it, so it totally...

Yeah, I thought I read something about WLP001 good for hoppy beers. It's tough to get 1318 locally, but was just able to find it in a another province. As you said it's one of the best and I have used it before. Don't know what I was thinking. I am fermenting in a plastic bucket, but assume...

So below is my grain bill for a NEIPA, but just would like a little help with the hop additions. I have done a NEIPA a couple of times, but a little excited as I was able to get Galaxy hops this time(To replace Amarillo). Normally I would add about an ounce of Citra and Amarillo hops with...