New to Beersmith, here.
I brewed an 11 gallon batch American Lager since I had a bunch of Pilsen Light DME sitting around. I had 8.5 lbs Pilsen Light DME, 2 lbs Corn Sugar, 1 lb Rice Syrup Solids, 2 lbs Flaked Maize. with 1 oz Cluster hops for 60 minutes and 1 oz Hallertauer Mittelfruh for 12.5 minutes. I was aiming for a target OG of 1.045. Beersmith told me I needed to up my DME to 10.5 lbs to hit my target OG. That sounded high to me, but I thought, the program knows the calcs better than I do. I ended up with an OG of 1.064. I noticed when I originally was switching between brewing types (extract, partial mash, mash), and the equipment profile, that it affects the estimated OG slider.
Why is the OG so off?
Thanks
I'm not trying to be negative, I'm just a little frustrated.
(modified post to not sound so pissy)
I brewed an 11 gallon batch American Lager since I had a bunch of Pilsen Light DME sitting around. I had 8.5 lbs Pilsen Light DME, 2 lbs Corn Sugar, 1 lb Rice Syrup Solids, 2 lbs Flaked Maize. with 1 oz Cluster hops for 60 minutes and 1 oz Hallertauer Mittelfruh for 12.5 minutes. I was aiming for a target OG of 1.045. Beersmith told me I needed to up my DME to 10.5 lbs to hit my target OG. That sounded high to me, but I thought, the program knows the calcs better than I do. I ended up with an OG of 1.064. I noticed when I originally was switching between brewing types (extract, partial mash, mash), and the equipment profile, that it affects the estimated OG slider.
Why is the OG so off?
Thanks
I'm not trying to be negative, I'm just a little frustrated.
(modified post to not sound so pissy)