Gilbert Spinning Horse
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The problem I've been having since I started brewing 5 years ago is that I'm consistently low on my mash numbers. Given a 77.4% mash efficiency, Beersmith estimates an SG for my grain typical bill of 1.045.
Every time I brew I'm hitting around 1.035, even when I do an overnight mash and it sits there for 8-10 hours. Furthermore the iodine test shows that all the sugars are converted.
I haven't set up Brewsmith properly I'll admit and the beer tastes how I want it, so I didn't really worry about it.
Anyway, last time I bought ingredients my LHBS was out of both of the cheaper types of pale ale malt so I went with one I haven't used before Chateaux Pale ale.
Putting my ingredients into Brewsmith gave me an estimate of 1.046 and measuring it prior to the boil gave me 1.048. I had to check it several times to make sure it wasn't wrong.
I was quite surprised and hadn't thought that there would be such a difference in the amount of sugars available in different malts.
Every time I brew I'm hitting around 1.035, even when I do an overnight mash and it sits there for 8-10 hours. Furthermore the iodine test shows that all the sugars are converted.
I haven't set up Brewsmith properly I'll admit and the beer tastes how I want it, so I didn't really worry about it.
Anyway, last time I bought ingredients my LHBS was out of both of the cheaper types of pale ale malt so I went with one I haven't used before Chateaux Pale ale.
Putting my ingredients into Brewsmith gave me an estimate of 1.046 and measuring it prior to the boil gave me 1.048. I had to check it several times to make sure it wasn't wrong.
I was quite surprised and hadn't thought that there would be such a difference in the amount of sugars available in different malts.