Hi all!
Brand new here, and new to brewing. Just finished the beer from my 3rd ever batch (I mean polished off the last bottle, not finished brewing lol) and I'd like to try something new. Started with two Pilsners then a hoppy Pilsner. The 2nd and 3rd batches were as good as I could have imagined, so I'm stoked.
In the recipes list here on the site, right at the top is a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone. I used to love that beer, so I figured I'd try to do one myself.
A few questions though-
Is it possible to change to metric? I love freedom units as much as the next guy, but it'd be a lot easier for me. I saw a setting in my profile, but it didn't seem to change anythingCan I scale up? My Braumeister is a 50L, and the recipe is 29.5L. I could do a basic Excel spreadsheet to help me, but I figured the site might also do it, and that I missed something. Edit: just found this, sorry https://www.brewersfriend.com/forum/threads/how-to-scale-your-recipe-resize.13550/
There are a lot of questions on the equipment profile that I don't know the answer to. I suppose I can just leave them blank; any suggetions?Thanks in advance!
Welcome! Nice to know you.
The short version:
Yes
Yes
I don't know, but somebody will.
Longer version:
Yes. I've never done it but several others have.
Yes, I do that all the time. There is a Scale Recipe button somewhere. After it does its thing, I usually tweak things a bit, like rounding the amounts a little.
I scale all the time. While you are editing the recipe you will see Recipe Tools at the top. Click the drop down and select Scale. You can scale by batch size or efficiency.
This is actually easier than you would expect. While editing the recipe just change the the measurement type. It if is in lb, just use the drop down and select kg, it will automatically update the the amount.
Only things to watch are the water requirements when copying or scaling a recipe -
sometimes get messed up, and double check ingredient amounts before/after unit changes to make sure they make sense still. Check the two auto calc boxes in recipe builder for pre and post boil water, and save prior to checking your water requirements.
Post time 2022-12-13 01:28:41