Also note that this is only the initial run-off, as once you get to sparging you get basically 100% of the sparge water as run-off. The amylolytic activity of Caramel Malts is zero. A high degree of caramelization is characteristic of this malt. I use it in my home-made brew day calculator and it is very accurate, but it also assumes that you don't have any dead space in your mash tun. 150 °L - Viking Malt - Viking Caramel Malts are made from green malt. I know I'm super late on this one and I'm not going to be replying in units that you want, but the formula to determine water absorption is: TotalGristWeight (in lbs) * 0.125 = Water Absorption in Gallons. That's it for now.but don't be surprised to find more Dumb Ass questions in the near future. (Im using a HERM system I have just built)Ģ) How do I determine the correct boil time for the wort (Obviously this will affect the pre boil volume ) I have seen recipes that call for anything from 30 to 120 mins boil times and I don't know why.

I would like to know the correct amount of sparge water to get the wort to the volume needed in the boiler. So the utilization at different gravity levels is likely what Beersmith is using to calculate its estimated IBUs, I think part of what got me confused is that when I changed the DME late addition time on the boil category to 0 minutes the IBU level reverted to the amount of a 60 minute DME boil (21.xx), but when I kept it at. I'm wanting to create some of my own recipes but I have a few questions I need answering first.ġ) Is there away of working out the liquid retention per Kg of dry grain in the Mash Tun. The base malt is easy to identify as it is the largest ingredient in the beer typically 5-10 lbs of. Quote from: Tiger Ed on October 17, 2018, 11:37:08 AM 6-Row Malt 1.7°L (Rahr) 1.035 1.7 Optimized for adjunct brewingits high enzyme content easily converts high percentages of unmalted corn, rice, oats, etc. CONVERTING ALL GRAIN RECIPES TO MALT EXTRACT - BEERSMITH.

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