Need advise about small all-grain recipe design

Discussion in 'Homebrewing' started by Ronniebrew, Nov 3, 2014.

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  1. Ronniebrew

    Ronniebrew Initiate (0) Nov 2, 2014 West Virginia

    HEy guys!! I know the basics like finding type a beer targeting base and speciality grains.. Ect,. I just need help on how to determine the structure of a recipe like weight of grains and boil times?
     
    #1 Ronniebrew, Nov 3, 2014
  2. scurvy311

    scurvy311 Savant (1,135) Dec 3, 2005 Louisiana

    So you are looking for brewing software? Look into BrewCipher, iBrewmaster, Brew Pal, Beer Smith, or others
     
    #2 scurvy311, Nov 3, 2014
  3. langdonk1

    langdonk1 Initiate (0) May 16, 2014 South Carolina

    Beersmith 2.0. You'll be making excellent beer
     
    #3 langdonk1, Nov 3, 2014
  4. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,647) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    The software is just a tool for the brewer that automates the calculations. I would bet a case of beer that many average beers that I have judged in competitions were formulated on Beersmith 2.0.
     
    #4 hopfenunmaltz, Nov 3, 2014
  5. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
    Society Pooh-Bah

    When it comes to beer recipe design I find these two books to be helpful:
    • Designing Great Beers by Ray Daniels
    • Brewing Classic Styles by Jamil Zainasheff and John Palmer
    Cheers!
     
    #5 JackHorzempa, Nov 3, 2014
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  6. HerbMeowing

    HerbMeowing Maven (1,295) Nov 10, 2010 Virginia
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    Good advice for noobrewers about small all-grain recipe design:
    Take a tasty-looking ready-made recipe and scale the grain and hop bills to the desired batch-size.

    The math is simple.

    If a recipe for a 5G batch-size calls for 10# of 2-row ...
    A 3G batch-size scales to: 3G / 5G * 10# = 0.6 * 10 = 6# of 2-row

    Same drill for hops ...
    If a recipe for a 5G batch-size calls for a 2 oz. hop addition
    A 3G batch-size scales to: 0.6 * 2 = 1.2 oz. hop addition

    Finally ... boil times are boil times ... regardless of batch-size.
     
    #6 HerbMeowing, Nov 4, 2014
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