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Hi, all—
I'm planning to brew the Midwest Honey Bee Ale extract kit this weekend, and just out of curiosity I decided to put the recipe into BS and see how it compares.
I'm a newbie as far as BeerSmith goes (and brewing in general), but I'm pretty sure I got the recipe in correctly. I installed the Briess Grain add-on so I could access the LME that came with the kit, adjusted the alpha percentages on the hops to match the packaging I got, and I think I've got the honey addition set up right, since it goes in halfway through the boil. Unfortunately, not everything comes out the same between the program's estimates and the instruction sheet that came with the kit.
The wort's SG does match up; BS estimates it to be 1.046, and the data sheet expects 1.044–1.048. However, the FG is way off: the data sheet tells me it should end up in the 1.010–1.014 range, but BeerSmith thinks 1.002 is correct! BS also is predicting 17.4 IBUs, while I should expect 32.6 according to the instructions.
I doubt that Midwest would make such glaring mistakes in their instruction sheets, and likewise I'm pretty sure BeerSmith has all its formulas correct. Given that, then, the most likely scenario here is that I missed something in my data entry. Anyone know what I did wrong?
I'm planning to brew the Midwest Honey Bee Ale extract kit this weekend, and just out of curiosity I decided to put the recipe into BS and see how it compares.
I'm a newbie as far as BeerSmith goes (and brewing in general), but I'm pretty sure I got the recipe in correctly. I installed the Briess Grain add-on so I could access the LME that came with the kit, adjusted the alpha percentages on the hops to match the packaging I got, and I think I've got the honey addition set up right, since it goes in halfway through the boil. Unfortunately, not everything comes out the same between the program's estimates and the instruction sheet that came with the kit.
The wort's SG does match up; BS estimates it to be 1.046, and the data sheet expects 1.044–1.048. However, the FG is way off: the data sheet tells me it should end up in the 1.010–1.014 range, but BeerSmith thinks 1.002 is correct! BS also is predicting 17.4 IBUs, while I should expect 32.6 according to the instructions.
I doubt that Midwest would make such glaring mistakes in their instruction sheets, and likewise I'm pretty sure BeerSmith has all its formulas correct. Given that, then, the most likely scenario here is that I missed something in my data entry. Anyone know what I did wrong?
Code:
BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Midwest Supplies Honey Bee Ale (140)
Brewer: Shawn Morford
Asst Brewer:
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: Extract
Taste: (30.0)
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 3.67 gal
Post Boil Volume: 3.38 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 4.60 gal
Estimated OG: 1.046 SG
Estimated Color: 3.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 17.4 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 0.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
3 lbs 4.8 oz LME Golden Light (Briess) (4.0 SRM) Extract 2 48.5 %
3 lbs Honey [Boil for30 min](1.0 SRM) Sugar 4 44.1 %
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 7.4 %
1.00 oz Glacier [5.60 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 3 16.3 IBUs
1.00 oz Vanguard [4.80 %] - Boil 2.0 min Hop 5 1.2 IBUs
1.0 pkg American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) [124.21 Yeast 6 -
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 6 lbs 12.8 oz
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Sparge: Remove grains, and prepare to boil wort
Notes:
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