feed back on beersmith formulation

[aeddon]

Hi,

I have srtarted using beersmith and playing around with the functions, nice bit of kit. I have made a few recipies, just with the profile summary for each beer and then cross referencing to the grains and hops profiles, dont know how off or on I am so feedback would be good. The're all within the mid range of the style IBU, % and EBC

Cheers :


Style: Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 19.00 L

Estimated OG: 1.057 SG
Estimated Color: 22.4 EBC
Estimated IBU: 40.0 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.30 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (4.3 EBC) Grain 87.76 %
0.40 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 30L (120.0 EBC) Grain 8.16 %
0.20 kg Amber Malt (100.0 EBC) Grain 4.08 %
40.00 gm First Gold [6.20 %] (90 min) Hops 30.2 IBU
27.30 gm Bramling Cross [5.20 %] (20 min) Hops 9.8 IBU
1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale


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Style: Special/Best/Premium Bitter

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 19.00 L
Boil Size: 30.23 L
Estimated OG: 1.043 SG
Estimated Color: 24.3 EBC
Estimated IBU: 0.0 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
3.10 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (4.9 EBC) Grain 83.11 %
0.45 kg Amber Malt (100.0 EBC) Grain 12.06 %
0.15 kg Wheat, Torrified (3.3 EBC) Grain 4.02 %
0.03 kg Roasted Barley (1220.0 EBC) Grain 0.80 % [/size]

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Style: English IPA

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 19.00 L
Boil Size: 30.23 L
Estimated OG: 1.060 SG
Estimated Color: 17.2 EBC
Estimated IBU: 51.8 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.50 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 86.54 %
0.50 kg Munich Malt - 10L (17.0 EBC) Grain 9.62 %
0.20 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (120.0 EBC) Grain 3.85 %
27.00 gm Challenger [6.40 %] (90 min) Hops 20.6 IBU
23.00 gm Challenger [6.40 %] (60 min) Hops 18.2 IBU
20.00 gm Fuggles [3.90 %] (30 min) Hops 7.4 IBU
20.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [4.60 %] (15 min) Hops 5.6 IBU
20.30 gm Fuggles [4.50 %] (0 min) Hops - [/size]

 

[Tony]

Think you're doing quite well there .. I like the look of that last one .... when in doubt add hops. Shed loads!