J187
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I'm trying to setup equipment in beersmith since none of the default options match what I typically do.
This is for extract brewing
What I do:
I have a 5 gallon capacity stainless kettle. I usually do a 3 gallon boil in the 5 gallon kettle, then I add to my fermenter and fill with top off water to 5 gals.
1. Will beersmith make and calculations based on brewhouse efficiency that would give me false readings as an extract brewer? What should I set this to?
2. I have my "mash tun" vol set to 5 gals - I'm guessing this is what I should do for an extract brewer using a 5 gal kettle, even though it says "mash tun" i'm guessing this is where I am supposed to enter my kettle vol? I left the mash tun weight at default.
3. Top of water for kettle? What should I put here? Will it matter? I'm not topping anything off as extract brewer except the fermenter and I have that set to 5 gallons minus (boil volume - boil off).
Also - as an extract brewer - shouldn't I be adding enough top-off to my fermenter to end up with a 5 gallon bottling volume?
This is for extract brewing
What I do:
I have a 5 gallon capacity stainless kettle. I usually do a 3 gallon boil in the 5 gallon kettle, then I add to my fermenter and fill with top off water to 5 gals.
1. Will beersmith make and calculations based on brewhouse efficiency that would give me false readings as an extract brewer? What should I set this to?
2. I have my "mash tun" vol set to 5 gals - I'm guessing this is what I should do for an extract brewer using a 5 gal kettle, even though it says "mash tun" i'm guessing this is where I am supposed to enter my kettle vol? I left the mash tun weight at default.
3. Top of water for kettle? What should I put here? Will it matter? I'm not topping anything off as extract brewer except the fermenter and I have that set to 5 gallons minus (boil volume - boil off).
Also - as an extract brewer - shouldn't I be adding enough top-off to my fermenter to end up with a 5 gallon bottling volume?