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Old 12-06-2009, 11:38 PM   #131
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Speaking of. I had some very weird readings for a brew I input for an extract. If I don't mark Amber Dry Extract for 'mash' I get some strange things happening in the output windows. Like letters....? Do I REALLY have to mash a dry extract?


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Old 12-07-2009, 12:41 PM   #132
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any chance of a sneak preview of v2.0?
Sure. I'll put up some pics later.

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if I did an extract recipe and steeped specialty grains, should these be marked as mashed or not?

sorry for such a noob question. the import from Beersmith had them as not mashed and the numbers were crazy.
For extract recipes, it doesn't matter whether you check mashed or not. What that button does is influence the calculation of mash water and temps. That being said, I would leave it unchecked. I'm really looking for a better way to do extract/steeping in brewtarget. Unfortunately the underlying BeerXML doesn't seem to support steeping very well. It only has one field for the yield of the grain, and it really needs another one for steeping. For now, if you steep a particular grain, just change the yield of that grain to about 45% to get more accurate numbers. See this page out of John Palmer's How to Brew to get more info on steeping yields.

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Speaking of. I had some very weird readings for a brew I input for an extract. If I don't mark Amber Dry Extract for 'mash' I get some strange things happening in the output windows. Like letters....? Do I REALLY have to mash a dry extract?
This is a bug. Thanks for reporting that! Can you tell I don't do extract recipes often? Although, like I said, clicking mashed or not really makes no difference for extract recipes.
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Old 12-09-2009, 07:48 PM   #133
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I've got a few more extract questions.

I've downloaded the software, input a few recipes and am planning on brewing this weekend after junior goes to bed and SWMBO is out with a girlfriend.

I do 3.0 gal boils for 5.0 gal batches. Should I change the boil size to 3.0 gal? Will that affect the OG/FG/IBU if I leave it at the 5.8882 gal that comes up?

I just want to make sure my numbers are right before I brew.

I'll post the recipe info later tonight when I'm at home.
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Old 12-09-2009, 11:26 PM   #134
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I've got a few more extract questions.

I've downloaded the software, input a few recipes and am planning on brewing this weekend after junior goes to bed and SWMBO is out with a girlfriend.

I do 3.0 gal boils for 5.0 gal batches. Should I change the boil size to 3.0 gal? Will that affect the OG/FG/IBU if I leave it at the 5.8882 gal that comes up?

I just want to make sure my numbers are right before I brew.

I'll post the recipe info later tonight when I'm at home.
Yes, you need to change the boil size. It affects things like how many IBUs you're going to get.
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Old 12-10-2009, 04:37 PM   #135
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Hold out for the new version? How difficult will the upgrade be?

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Hold out for the new version? How difficult will the upgrade be?

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Upgrade will just be moving 3 files from the old version to the new. Go ahead and download it.
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Alright, 1.2 preview...



Here, you will notice a few changes. First, the style limits for OG, FG, etc. are shown on the right. Second, it not only displays your target batch and boil sizes, but it estimates what batch and boil sizes you'll actually get. Also, the amount of each grain as a percent is displayed in the corresponding row.



Here are a couple of tools I included because I constantly need them. First is just a simple conversion tool in case you need it to convert between units (although, every field in brewtarget automatically converts units for you). The second is an OG correction tool. Sometimes your efficiency is a lot higher or sometimes lower, so you need to know how much water to add or boil off to hit your planned OG. Also, you can see that in the row for each hop is the amount of IBUs that hop provides.

Other than these, there are a LOT of changes, mostly suggested by you on this forum. Some that I can think of right now include:
1) Ability to change between SI/English/US units separately for mass and volume
2) Ability to set any alarm sound (select any audio file) for any of your timers
3) Ability to choose between Daniel's, Morey's, and Mosher's color formulas
4) Ability to choose between Tinseth and Rager IBU calculations
5) Ability to copy your recipes to the clipboard so you can paste them or print them like this:

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American IPA - SN Celebration Ale - American IPA
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Batch Size: 11.207 gal
Boil Size: 12.106 gal
Boil Time: 1.500 hr
Efficiency: 70%
OG: 1.071
FG: 1.018
ABV: 6.9%
Bitterness: 50.5 IBUs (Tinseth)
Color: 12 SRM (Mosher)

Fermentables
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              Name  Type    Amount Mashed Yield Colors
 Pale Malt (2 row) Grain 25.993 lb    Yes   78%    3 L
     CaraPils malt Grain  2.000 lb    Yes   70%    2 L
       Crystal 60L Grain  2.000 lb    Yes   74%   60 L
      Crystal 120L Grain  1.000 lb    Yes   74%   60 L
       Munich malt Grain  1.000 lb    Yes   75%    6 L

Hops
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       Name Alpha   Amount     Use       Time  IBU
    Chinook 11.0% 1.500 oz    Mash   1.750 hr  0.0
    Chinook 11.0% 1.000 oz    Boil   1.000 hr 15.0
 Centennial  9.9% 4.000 oz    Boil 15.000 min 26.7
    Cascade  6.7% 4.000 oz    Boil  5.000 min  7.3
    Cascade  6.7% 4.000 oz    Boil  1.000 min  1.6
    Cascade  6.7% 2.000 oz Dry Hop    0.000 s  0.0
 Centennial  9.9% 2.000 oz Dry Hop    0.000 s  0.0
    Chinook 11.0% 2.000 oz Dry Hop    0.000 s  0.0

Yeast
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           Name Type   Form    Amount   Stage
 California Ale  Ale Liquid 1.057 cup Primary
There are of course other features I can't remember and bug fixes and perfection of the way it calculates stuff and on and on. Anyway, a release should be just a few weeks away.
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AWESOME!

I cant tell you how excited I am!!

I really love your work, and the ability to copy recipes to the clipboard makes it perfect for me!

Thanks for your work and time in this!
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Alright, 1.2 preview...
Available for download yet?
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Available for download yet?
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