During my last brew session, I found my preboil gravity was 1.055 and the estimated preboil gravity supposed to be 1.062 (I collected the proper volume from the Mash and it was mashed at 153 for 60 minutes (standard IPA AG recipe kit). I rapidly tried to determine if BeerSmith would help determine how much DME to add to get the gravity back on track and could not figure it out. BTW I finished the boil without additions. My OG ended up at 1.062 with an estimated OG of 1.077, again with the correct batch volume into the fermentor. I'm not sure how I missed the efficiency this bad. I batch sparge and always hit 70-75% OG efficiency.
While I can't determine what happened to make this drastic change in efficiency (used multiple thermometers, both a hydrometer and refractometer, all in agreement, had not changed the barley crusher gap but have not rechecked it as yet) - what I'm really after is how BeerSmith can tell me how to adjust the gravity into the boil by adding DME.
Any help greatly appreciated, thanks!
While I can't determine what happened to make this drastic change in efficiency (used multiple thermometers, both a hydrometer and refractometer, all in agreement, had not changed the barley crusher gap but have not rechecked it as yet) - what I'm really after is how BeerSmith can tell me how to adjust the gravity into the boil by adding DME.
Any help greatly appreciated, thanks!