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So I'm plugging the Triple-X recipe for sweet stout on page 167 of Classic Styles into Beersmith. JZ asks for the base malt to be 7.2 pounds of English Pale Ale LME (3.5 L). The closest option Beersmith has is US Pale LME, which is 8 L, and it's throwing the color way off. The only extract that Beersmith has that is 3.5 L is US Pilsner LME. What am I missing?

Also, JZ asks for .5 pound of Pale Chocolate Malt at 200 L, but the lightest chocolate malt that Beersmith has is 350 L.

Are these just holes in Beersmith's database that I need to fill by adding my own info, or are these two malts extremely rare? If they are rare, any suggestions for substitutions would be appreciated. I'm not too concerned with the color, but I do want to try and brew something true to style for once.

I'm not familiar with BeerSmith, but it sounds like it might be a database issue - don't know. As for the malts, you can get some of those online from our sponsor.

Pale Chocolate Malt from MoreBeer

I'm not sure what to use for the English Pale malt LME... maybe Munton's from Norther Brewer

English Pale Malt Extract isn't really all that common, from what I understand. I know my LHBS doesn't carry it.

Maybe try Extra Light DME?

I sub'd Chocolate malt at half the quantity as the pale chocolate when I did that recipe.

You'll need to add these things to your database as you go along. You should be able to get the stats for the extract ( srm, ppg, etc. ) from where you buy it.

Thanks for the help everyone. I can't wait to get out of the extract trenches.

If you're using Chocolate malt that is 200L just click on the ingredient and simply change the SRM to 200 instead of 350. Voila.