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Fuzzuy
Why is there such a big discrepancy between ProMash and Beersmith? I have Beersmith and like it a lot for its ease of use, but whenever I enter a recipe from a magazine or clone site, the OG and IBUs in Beersmith are way off what the recipe says it should be. I am an extract brewer using specialty grains and that is what I have setup in Beersmith. The recipes are extract recipes with specialty grains. For example, here is a recipe I entered in Beersmith and ProMash (and also in Beer Tools calculator which gave same numbers as Promash):
Blue Moon Clone - extract
Batch size - 5 gallons
SG - 1.059
FG - 1.010
Boil time - 45 minutes
Ingredients:
5 lbs extra light dutch dme
2.5 lbs orange blossom honey
1 oz hallertauer pellet hops (4.5% boil 45 min)
.5 oz hallertauer whole hops (2.4% - steep 10 min)
1 oz coriander seed (1/2 boil for 10 min, 1/2 steep 10 min)
1 oz orange peel (steep 10 min)
Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abbey ale
Beersmith gives me the following:
SG - 1.044
IBU - 11.4
SRM - 4.0
Promash gives me:
SG - 1.058
IBU - 16.1
SRM - 2.8
Why such a difference? Also, how do you enter "steeping" in when you are doing that for hops? Is that considered boil of 0 minutes and would the hop extraction (if there is any) be included in the calculation?
Blue Moon Clone - extract
Batch size - 5 gallons
SG - 1.059
FG - 1.010
Boil time - 45 minutes
Ingredients:
5 lbs extra light dutch dme
2.5 lbs orange blossom honey
1 oz hallertauer pellet hops (4.5% boil 45 min)
.5 oz hallertauer whole hops (2.4% - steep 10 min)
1 oz coriander seed (1/2 boil for 10 min, 1/2 steep 10 min)
1 oz orange peel (steep 10 min)
Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abbey ale
Beersmith gives me the following:
SG - 1.044
IBU - 11.4
SRM - 4.0
Promash gives me:
SG - 1.058
IBU - 16.1
SRM - 2.8
Why such a difference? Also, how do you enter "steeping" in when you are doing that for hops? Is that considered boil of 0 minutes and would the hop extraction (if there is any) be included in the calculation?