BVilleggiante
Well-Known Member
I just posted this on the BeerSmith Forums, but I'm posting it here too so I can see what people have to say:
So I'm going to try and explain this as best I can and hope I've done a good job.
On the design recipe tab there is a field where you enter in your batch size that will go into your fermenter, in my case I've been entering in 10 gallons.
When I enter in 10 gallons on the design recipe tab, that then is also shown in the fermentation tab as what is being entered into the fermentor and based of of this 10 gallons, the software calculates your estimated OG. This is all fine and good until...
I bring my final boiling volume up to 10.92 gallons after my boil to account for the .92 gallons of wort I lose in my boil kettle and hoses on the way to the fermenter. I've been putting in my final volume into the fermenter in the design tab as 10.92 gallons even though only 10 actually goes in. So here's my problem I just came to find out...the software is basing it's IBU's, SRM, ABV, OG, etc. off of 10 gallons, but what I've been taking my readings at 10.92 gallons which means all of my IBU's, SRM, ABV, and OG the software has been calculating are off...i.e. at 10 gallons not 10.92 even though only 10 gallons go into my fermenter.
What I believe I have to do is put my batch size in the design tab as 10.92 gallons as if that's what's going into the fermentor even though it's only 10 gallons actually going into the fermentor so that it calculates the IBU's, SRM, ABV, OG, etc. at the level I take my measurement. Thoughts on this would be very helpful. I hope I've explained this well enough.
So I'm going to try and explain this as best I can and hope I've done a good job.
On the design recipe tab there is a field where you enter in your batch size that will go into your fermenter, in my case I've been entering in 10 gallons.
When I enter in 10 gallons on the design recipe tab, that then is also shown in the fermentation tab as what is being entered into the fermentor and based of of this 10 gallons, the software calculates your estimated OG. This is all fine and good until...
I bring my final boiling volume up to 10.92 gallons after my boil to account for the .92 gallons of wort I lose in my boil kettle and hoses on the way to the fermenter. I've been putting in my final volume into the fermenter in the design tab as 10.92 gallons even though only 10 actually goes in. So here's my problem I just came to find out...the software is basing it's IBU's, SRM, ABV, OG, etc. off of 10 gallons, but what I've been taking my readings at 10.92 gallons which means all of my IBU's, SRM, ABV, and OG the software has been calculating are off...i.e. at 10 gallons not 10.92 even though only 10 gallons go into my fermenter.
What I believe I have to do is put my batch size in the design tab as 10.92 gallons as if that's what's going into the fermentor even though it's only 10 gallons actually going into the fermentor so that it calculates the IBU's, SRM, ABV, OG, etc. at the level I take my measurement. Thoughts on this would be very helpful. I hope I've explained this well enough.