Wow. did I have a good idea. (Thank you, thank you.)
So, maybe someone has mentioned this already. The higher your OG, the lower your efficiency, generally, unless you boil proportionately longer.
How about as part of equipment setup, you could plug in two batches at different strengths, and then BeerSmith uses the data to calibrate your mash efficiency curve? I brew a 5g batch of 10# and get 1.052 OG. I brew a batch of 13# and get 1.065 OG. Then, instead of a standard mash efficiency, the program loks at your #/G ratio and tells you what your sysstems efficiency would be. That would be cool. And of course, the greaterrepeatability you have in your mashing, and the greater difference between the two parameters, the better it woudl work. Or maybe each time you make a brew you can add the real OG/extract potential to ever refine the calculation.
Good? Easy?
Cheers!
So, maybe someone has mentioned this already. The higher your OG, the lower your efficiency, generally, unless you boil proportionately longer.
How about as part of equipment setup, you could plug in two batches at different strengths, and then BeerSmith uses the data to calibrate your mash efficiency curve? I brew a 5g batch of 10# and get 1.052 OG. I brew a batch of 13# and get 1.065 OG. Then, instead of a standard mash efficiency, the program loks at your #/G ratio and tells you what your sysstems efficiency would be. That would be cool. And of course, the greaterrepeatability you have in your mashing, and the greater difference between the two parameters, the better it woudl work. Or maybe each time you make a brew you can add the real OG/extract potential to ever refine the calculation.
Good? Easy?
Cheers!