Yesterday I brewed a Dortmunder Export. I have used Beersmith for 60+ batches and have things pretty dialed in which is why what happened yesterday I cannot explain and need some help.
1) When I mashed in I mashed in a few degrees over what Beersmith called for like I usually do. Got a good mash in, but missed my temp by 8 degrees! I'm usually 1/2 a degree spot on. I noticed my mash seemed pretty thick, but I just added some hot water and got to around 150. I was shooting for 155.
2) I continue on and mashed for 90 min since my temp was a bit lower than I wanted, so then I sparged and missed my pre-boil volume by about 3/4 a gallon. I'm usually dead-on for the volume. So I add a bit of RO water and continued on.
3) I take my pre-boil gravity to get my efficiency and low and behold I was at 110% efficiency! Shooting for 1.042 and was at 1.061. I am usually at about 70-73%. So now all these things are starting to add up, but I didn't want to draw any conclusions until I get my OG.
4) I took the OG . Shooting for 1.060 , but instead it was 1.089! So now I have a beer that was supposed to be at 5.8% will now be at close to 10%.
5) My thought was the grains were misweighed. I realized that I had the grains from the homebrew shop still in their bags so weighed them to see which one I put too much in and guess what....neither. I did weigh right.
Here is the recipe:
5.5 gal
9 lbs Pilsner (German)
4 lbs 5 oz (Munich)
2 oz Melanoiden
6) I put the grain bill into a couple online calculators and got OG of 1.076 (brewedbyus) and 1.067 (brewers friend).
7) Just did it on pad and pencil and it worked out to 1.087 which is what I hit. Yet Beersmith is 1.060.
I know it is a simple fix, but I am baffled. Need some guidance as I am going to be brewing again very soon.
I tried to attach the screen shot of the recipe page so hopefully you can see it.
1) When I mashed in I mashed in a few degrees over what Beersmith called for like I usually do. Got a good mash in, but missed my temp by 8 degrees! I'm usually 1/2 a degree spot on. I noticed my mash seemed pretty thick, but I just added some hot water and got to around 150. I was shooting for 155.
2) I continue on and mashed for 90 min since my temp was a bit lower than I wanted, so then I sparged and missed my pre-boil volume by about 3/4 a gallon. I'm usually dead-on for the volume. So I add a bit of RO water and continued on.
3) I take my pre-boil gravity to get my efficiency and low and behold I was at 110% efficiency! Shooting for 1.042 and was at 1.061. I am usually at about 70-73%. So now all these things are starting to add up, but I didn't want to draw any conclusions until I get my OG.
4) I took the OG . Shooting for 1.060 , but instead it was 1.089! So now I have a beer that was supposed to be at 5.8% will now be at close to 10%.
5) My thought was the grains were misweighed. I realized that I had the grains from the homebrew shop still in their bags so weighed them to see which one I put too much in and guess what....neither. I did weigh right.
Here is the recipe:
5.5 gal
9 lbs Pilsner (German)
4 lbs 5 oz (Munich)
2 oz Melanoiden
6) I put the grain bill into a couple online calculators and got OG of 1.076 (brewedbyus) and 1.067 (brewers friend).
7) Just did it on pad and pencil and it worked out to 1.087 which is what I hit. Yet Beersmith is 1.060.
I know it is a simple fix, but I am baffled. Need some guidance as I am going to be brewing again very soon.
I tried to attach the screen shot of the recipe page so hopefully you can see it.