tntpilsner
Apprentice
Hello,
I'm very new to brewing and to Beersmith, but I have done two BIAB batches with Beersmith.
Yesterday, I had scaled a 6.6 gallon recipe from Beersmith cloud to 5 gallons, and I gave it a whirl.
My pre-boil SG was 1.062 after I mashed, when the estimated was 1.061. So I figured I was doing pretty well at that point.
However, I ended up with about 5.75 gallons going into my fermenter (instead of the 5.0 gallons I wanted), and a OG going into the fermenter of 1.064, when the estimated OG was 1.072.
I'm pretty sure I have my boil-off figured too high...I was pre-occupied and did not measure my actual boil-off, but I think it was less than the 1.00 gal I have set up in my Equipment profile.
So I'm doing BIAB in a 10 gallon pot, no false bottom or anything, just the bag.
Just wondering if anyone had any suggestions on what I may need to adjust. Here are a few screenshots that hopefully can show what I'm doing wrong.
EDIT: Duh, I actually want to bottle 5 gallons, so I'm closer than I thought. But I think 5.75 gallons going into the fermenter is still going to leave me with too much when it comes time to bottle, meaning beer that doesn't hit the Gravity the recipe calls for. Thanks again.
I'm very new to brewing and to Beersmith, but I have done two BIAB batches with Beersmith.
Yesterday, I had scaled a 6.6 gallon recipe from Beersmith cloud to 5 gallons, and I gave it a whirl.
My pre-boil SG was 1.062 after I mashed, when the estimated was 1.061. So I figured I was doing pretty well at that point.
However, I ended up with about 5.75 gallons going into my fermenter (instead of the 5.0 gallons I wanted), and a OG going into the fermenter of 1.064, when the estimated OG was 1.072.
I'm pretty sure I have my boil-off figured too high...I was pre-occupied and did not measure my actual boil-off, but I think it was less than the 1.00 gal I have set up in my Equipment profile.
So I'm doing BIAB in a 10 gallon pot, no false bottom or anything, just the bag.
Just wondering if anyone had any suggestions on what I may need to adjust. Here are a few screenshots that hopefully can show what I'm doing wrong.
EDIT: Duh, I actually want to bottle 5 gallons, so I'm closer than I thought. But I think 5.75 gallons going into the fermenter is still going to leave me with too much when it comes time to bottle, meaning beer that doesn't hit the Gravity the recipe calls for. Thanks again.