louruscetta
Apprentice
Hi all--
We did a BIAB brew today and I am confused with the OG I got and the OG BeerSmith told me to expect. I would like some thoughts on this scenario.
We did a 10 gal batch for a wheat beer. We had 18.81 lbs of grain and the software told us we needed 13.97 gal of total volume. But since the mash tun volume needed was more than what we can hols, we decided to mash with 10 gal of water and top up the kettle with the remaining ~4 gal (all of this is reflected in the water volume tab.
Expected post mash gravity was 1.042 and we came close with 1.041. We then added the 4 gal to top up and reach pre boil volume.
Here is the issue. BeerSmith has an expected gravity of 1.05 after the boil. BUT--we added 4 gal of water after the mash; lost 2 gal of water to boil-off and trub. So I finish the boil with 2 gal more than what I finished the mash with--my SG should not go up, it should decrease right?? By the way, it did. I had an SG of 1.034 compared to an expected SG of 1.05. Can someone help me? I have faith in the software, but cant find where I might be missing the boat here.
Thanks
We did a BIAB brew today and I am confused with the OG I got and the OG BeerSmith told me to expect. I would like some thoughts on this scenario.
We did a 10 gal batch for a wheat beer. We had 18.81 lbs of grain and the software told us we needed 13.97 gal of total volume. But since the mash tun volume needed was more than what we can hols, we decided to mash with 10 gal of water and top up the kettle with the remaining ~4 gal (all of this is reflected in the water volume tab.
Expected post mash gravity was 1.042 and we came close with 1.041. We then added the 4 gal to top up and reach pre boil volume.
Here is the issue. BeerSmith has an expected gravity of 1.05 after the boil. BUT--we added 4 gal of water after the mash; lost 2 gal of water to boil-off and trub. So I finish the boil with 2 gal more than what I finished the mash with--my SG should not go up, it should decrease right?? By the way, it did. I had an SG of 1.034 compared to an expected SG of 1.05. Can someone help me? I have faith in the software, but cant find where I might be missing the boat here.
Thanks