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Converting Troegs Perpetual from Grain to Extract

njdevs

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Ladies and Gents.....

First post in this forum.....

I purchased Beersmith2 to convert a recipe for Troegs Perpetual from All Grain to Extract and I fell .014 short on my OG.

The original recipe is as follows:

Fermentable                         Amount                 Use         PPG         Color
Weyermann® Pilsner Malt 11.0 lb         81 % Mash 37         1 °L
Briess Munich Malt 10L         1.5 lb         11 % Mash 35         10 °L
Briess Caramel Malt 20L         1.0 lb         7 %         Mash 34         20 °L


Hop                         Amount Time Use         Form AA
Mount Hood (US) 1.0 oz 60 min Boil Pellet 6.0%
Chinook (US)         1.0 oz 35 min Boil Pellet 13.0%
Bravo (US)         1.0 oz 30 min Boil Pellet 13.0%
Mount Hood (US) 1.0 oz 1 min Boil Pellet 6.0%
Nugget (US)         1.0 oz 1 min Boil Pellet 13.0%
Cascade (NZ)         1.0 oz 10 days DH Pellet 5.5%
Citra (US)        1.0 oz 7 days DH Pellet 11.0%

Yeast - American Ale

My Conversion was as follows:

Extra Pale LME: 9 lb
Munich Malt: 8 oz
Crystal 20L Malt: 1 lb

All else the same.  I'm assuming I didnt add enough fermentables.

Brew process was as follows:

5 Gallon Kettle

Start with 2 gallons water, steep grains
Add 1 gallon.... boil.....add LME

Boil...start 60 minute hop additions as scheduled

This yeilded approx 2 gallons of wort after 60 minutes

Added added 3 gallons of water to top off to 5 gallons before pitching(probably my first mistake but the recipe was for a 5 gallon batch). If I was .014 under, then it was probably 4 gallons or less that would have yeilded 1.074 as called out. Hardly worth the expense of buying the ingredients.

Additional info.....I mixed the crud out of it several times when measuring OG (took 3 readings).  Its off to a full gallop right now in the fermenter so we'll see what my FG is in a few days.

Thanks for the help. j

 
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