Hi - I have just started using BeerSmith and am brewing the same recipe I did a couple of months ago with a few tweaks. When I last brewed this batch, BeerSmith called for 13.7 quarts of strike water at 163F, followed by 4.99 gallons of sparge water at 168F. The grain bill is 8.6Lbs.
The problem I have is that when I collected the wort prior to boiling, I collected the required 6.6 gallons and there was an 'Extra' 2.5 quarts in the mash tun. This was at 1.015 so I still had sugars left that I would like to use to increase my efficiency.
The question I have is what parameter(s) do I change in BeerSmith to ensure I maximize the efficiency and get all the goodness I can out of the grains? I do not want to 'brute force' it by just sparging with 2.5 quarts less because this may not be the right amount when I brew other beers. The way I understand it, the runnings at the end of the sparge should be approaching 1.010 if the mash and sparge has been done correctly. I have set up a Brewhouse profile with the following parameters if it helps:
Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Thanks,
Paul
The problem I have is that when I collected the wort prior to boiling, I collected the required 6.6 gallons and there was an 'Extra' 2.5 quarts in the mash tun. This was at 1.015 so I still had sugars left that I would like to use to increase my efficiency.
The question I have is what parameter(s) do I change in BeerSmith to ensure I maximize the efficiency and get all the goodness I can out of the grains? I do not want to 'brute force' it by just sparging with 2.5 quarts less because this may not be the right amount when I brew other beers. The way I understand it, the runnings at the end of the sparge should be approaching 1.010 if the mash and sparge has been done correctly. I have set up a Brewhouse profile with the following parameters if it helps:
Batch Size: 5.50 gal
- Mash Volume: 10.00 gal
Boil Volume: 6.64 gal
Mash Tun Weight: 10 lbs
Evaporation Rate: 9.0 % Mash Tun Specific Heat: 0.30 cal/g-deg C
Boil Time: 60 Mash Tun Deadspace: 0.75 gal
Top-up for Boiler: 0.00 gal Equip Hop Utilization: 100.00 %
Losses to Trub/Chiller: 0.30 gal Cooling Loss (%): 4.00
Top up water for Fermenter: 0.00 gal
Thanks,
Paul