Comments on: Converting All Grain Recipes to Malt Extract http://www.beersmith.com/blog/2008/06/03/converting-all-grain-recipes-to-malt-extract/ Get weekly articles on home brewing, beer styles, and making beer recipes Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:47:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brew #5 – Paddo’s Fat Yak Clone (APA) « Perfect Pitch Brewing http://www.beersmith.com/blog/2008/06/03/converting-all-grain-recipes-to-malt-extract/comment-page-1/#comment-10159 Brew #5 – Paddo’s Fat Yak Clone (APA) « Perfect Pitch Brewing Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:56:54 +0000 http://www.beersmith.com/blog/?p=20#comment-10159 [...] The only problem was that this was an all-grain recipe and I am planning on getting a few more brews under my belt before heading there. So, my task was to convert this recipe to an extract one using specialty grains. After looking around I found some information on the Beersmith blog here. [...] [...] The only problem was that this was an all-grain recipe and I am planning on getting a few more brews under my belt before heading there. So, my task was to convert this recipe to an extract one using specialty grains. After looking around I found some information on the Beersmith blog here. [...]

]]> By: AC http://www.beersmith.com/blog/2008/06/03/converting-all-grain-recipes-to-malt-extract/comment-page-1/#comment-1549 AC Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:52:52 +0000 http://www.beersmith.com/blog/?p=20#comment-1549 Beersmith's calculations are awesome. I tweak and build recipes all the time, sometimes from scratch. The recipe conversion tools are somewhat crippled by a very shallow ingredients database. I'll give an example of where I couldn't use BeerSmith: I received a gift of a partial Mash extract recipe from the local homebrew shop. Their recipes call for 1.5 gallon boils with more water added later. I always do full boils. The fact that BeerSmith can (usually) convert this for me is awesome. The first problem I hit is, there's nothing in the Extract database for "Munich Malt". Well, I can -make up- SRM, potential SG, but this is a let down. NB, B3, and the local homebrew shop all sell this type of extract, but BeerSmith only has entries for grain users. A pity, since it would probably be trivial to flesh out the database in an online update. Beersmith’s calculations are awesome. I tweak and build recipes all the time, sometimes from scratch.

The recipe conversion tools are somewhat crippled by a very shallow ingredients database.

I’ll give an example of where I couldn’t use BeerSmith: I received a gift of a partial Mash extract recipe from the local homebrew shop. Their recipes call for 1.5 gallon boils with more water added later. I always do full boils. The fact that BeerSmith can (usually) convert this for me is awesome.

The first problem I hit is, there’s nothing in the Extract database for “Munich Malt”. Well, I can -make up- SRM, potential SG, but this is a let down. NB, B3, and the local homebrew shop all sell this type of extract, but BeerSmith only has entries for grain users. A pity, since it would probably be trivial to flesh out the database in an online update.

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