Bad brew day porter style .

Probably a stuck sparge.

Probably clogged chiller.

Sounds like you have some top tier equipment...but it's only as good as it's weakest link...for that brew day from hell, the KBS was probably a good idea.

 

I have a couple questions:

1. What setting are you using in Beersmith for your brew set-up?
2. What was your grain/water ratio?

I ask because a KBS clone recipe for 10 gallons seems like the mash should have more than 4.31 gallons of water...like double.

The other issues, I agree with @GreenKrusty101

 

You don't say how many pounds of grain for your recipe, but your infusion water seems really low. I'm usually between 7 and 8 gallons for a 10 gallon batch.

 

I meant to write Porter, but was thinking KBS (brainfart).

Your grain and water amounts are for a 5 gallon batch.

Beersmith has several built-in brewing equipment, and batch size, categories. You appear to be using one for 5 gallon batches.

 

How are you getting 8 gallons of wort from 8.46 gallons of water? Your actual extraction seems in line with what you actually got and is more appropriate to a 5 gallon batch.

Is your plan to top off with water and malt extract? No other way to get 10 gallons of beer from this. For a 10 gallon batch of Founders Porter I would imagine I would need around 24 to 25 pounds of grain and 15 to 16 gallons of water.

 

Pellets can easily clog a plate chiller if they aren't contained in a fine bag or basket. Double crushed grains produce more flour which is more likely to clog the lauter. The result is less wort in the kettle and more left behind in the tun.

 

Double crushing grains, hop pellets and not enough water. In the future consider heating more sparge water than you need. Sometimes the best software is not spot on, , usually a good grain mill will crush the grains properly and you will use less water. My crush is a bit on the fine side and usually I need an additional .5 gallon of water.

 

You have me pretty lost. You first reference a 10 gallon batch than a 5 gallon?

 

just found this. So do you know of a reliable Founder's porter clone?
Looking for a recipe

 

3 gallons is a lot for a 75 min boil. i boil pretty rapidly and lose a gallon per hour. In beersmith you need to set your mashtun dead space and loss to chiller. You can figure out the numbers with plain water. Start with a set amount, say 5 gallons, and measure after for your losses. HTH!

 

I recommend starting a new thread in a case like this. Your subject (recipe request) is different than the op (unknown problems with process).

The fact that the thread has been abandoned for many months will lead others to waste their time in replies. Some sites forbid this.