jmichalicek
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I've been revisiting some of the details in my books... things I've just glossed over, accepted as "this is weird but its working for me", etc. to see if anything clicks for me which didn't when I first started brewing. One thing I noticed is that my recipes from Brewing Classic Styles come out with a lower (sometimes MUCH lower) OG in software such as Brewtarget (which I'm close to abandoning anyway) and Brewfather.
In the book Jamil states that the recipes target 6 gallons into the fermenter with a 70% efficiency and extract based on the maximum dry basis fine grind for grains. I have to assume efficiency is mash efficiency and not brewhouse efficiency. What I have noticed is that in every spec sheet I have looked at only the minimum dbfg extract, or in one case (I already forgot who) they said it was something along the lines of "average brewers actually see", rather than the maximum. I'm wondering if this is what is throwing things off or if I'm just still misunderstanding something.
In the book Jamil states that the recipes target 6 gallons into the fermenter with a 70% efficiency and extract based on the maximum dry basis fine grind for grains. I have to assume efficiency is mash efficiency and not brewhouse efficiency. What I have noticed is that in every spec sheet I have looked at only the minimum dbfg extract, or in one case (I already forgot who) they said it was something along the lines of "average brewers actually see", rather than the maximum. I'm wondering if this is what is throwing things off or if I'm just still misunderstanding something.