Hi all,
I'm having trouble hitting the Estimated OG for my All Grain brews. I've searched around the forum and kind of wonder if this is just one of the many bugs haunting the program, but I'm more inclined to suspect that I must be doing something wrong. Hopefully somebody can help me see the error of my ways.
If I tweak my Brewhouse Efficiency to make my Est Mash Eff match my Measured Mash Eff, the OG climbs higher than I can reliably hit. Yesterday's brew was especially off -- I missed the Est OG of 1.068 with my measured 1.062.
But I noticed something weird. I don't understand why, conceptually, the "Loss to Trub and Chiller" field in the Equipment Profile has anything to do with OG. Once the wort is chilled to pitching temp, OG isn't going to change no matter if I leave a quart or a gallon in the kettle, but this loss reduces the batch size which boosts the estimated OG. So I went into the Equipment Profile, zeroed the Loss to Trub and Chiller, added it to my total batch size (leaving total water volumes unchanged), and voila, my Estimated OG was dead on. But then my Est Mash Efficiency dropped 7%.
What am I missing? Thanks.
I'm having trouble hitting the Estimated OG for my All Grain brews. I've searched around the forum and kind of wonder if this is just one of the many bugs haunting the program, but I'm more inclined to suspect that I must be doing something wrong. Hopefully somebody can help me see the error of my ways.
If I tweak my Brewhouse Efficiency to make my Est Mash Eff match my Measured Mash Eff, the OG climbs higher than I can reliably hit. Yesterday's brew was especially off -- I missed the Est OG of 1.068 with my measured 1.062.
But I noticed something weird. I don't understand why, conceptually, the "Loss to Trub and Chiller" field in the Equipment Profile has anything to do with OG. Once the wort is chilled to pitching temp, OG isn't going to change no matter if I leave a quart or a gallon in the kettle, but this loss reduces the batch size which boosts the estimated OG. So I went into the Equipment Profile, zeroed the Loss to Trub and Chiller, added it to my total batch size (leaving total water volumes unchanged), and voila, my Estimated OG was dead on. But then my Est Mash Efficiency dropped 7%.
What am I missing? Thanks.