dtapke
Grandmaster Brewer
So, I've had a long hiatus from brewing frequently, and just started back up recently. I recall running into this issue in the past and I'm not so sure what I did (if anything) to remedy it, and I'm curious how others have.
Say I brew a "boring" beer. Simple profile, minimal hop additions, I get X amount of trub loss in my kettle, and Z amount in my fermenter.
Now if if a brew some crazy IPA with a couple pounds of hops in the kettle and a pound in the fermenter I obviously lose more, and my recipe estimated numbers start missing the mark. I noticed this the worst on my last 20g batch with 3lbs hops during the boil and whirlpool and a pound in the fermenter. I ended up with only 16g in kegs, being 2.5g short into the fermenter and 1.5 short into kegs.
Would the best solution for this be to create a second equipment profile allowing for these losses and use that profile when building hoppy beers? Or is there some magic way I'm unawares of that compensates the recipe based on the hop additons?
TIA Dave @ SCB
Say I brew a "boring" beer. Simple profile, minimal hop additions, I get X amount of trub loss in my kettle, and Z amount in my fermenter.
Now if if a brew some crazy IPA with a couple pounds of hops in the kettle and a pound in the fermenter I obviously lose more, and my recipe estimated numbers start missing the mark. I noticed this the worst on my last 20g batch with 3lbs hops during the boil and whirlpool and a pound in the fermenter. I ended up with only 16g in kegs, being 2.5g short into the fermenter and 1.5 short into kegs.
Would the best solution for this be to create a second equipment profile allowing for these losses and use that profile when building hoppy beers? Or is there some magic way I'm unawares of that compensates the recipe based on the hop additons?
TIA Dave @ SCB