Proofman
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I use beersmith alot. Every recipe I do (partial mash) I enter it into beersmith no mater where the rtecipe comes from (BYO, Books, my own recipes, etc.). When I enter the recipes into Beersmith, and I do it exactly as given, or a closely as possible, I end up with beersmith giving IBUs about 20-30% less than what the recipe called for (boil volume, extract addidtion times). Sometimes I adjust the recipe so the IBUs match the original, sometimes I don't. Some of these are clones and it seems more often that if I leave it as is it is closer to the original. I can taste the difference. I know if I go to the hop bitterness tool and enter the parameters under "Rager" the IBUs are closer to the original recipe. Is there an adjustment I haven't found? I