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There isn't enough information in your post to completely evaluate the issue. Please post the recipe (at least the grains, volumes and gravities as measured through your process) Since lactose isn't in your recipe, you either have higher brewhouse efficiency than you thought, or less volume...

This is a classic flaw in approaching the BJCP exam. Please don't beat yourself up about it. What you know about brewing in the abstract isn't nearly as important as how you apply it to feedback. To succeed on the exam, it's best to look at each question as a test of how you'd give feedback...

None of the above. The kettle. Where you boil wort and add hops. That "kettle." It means adding the minerals at some point in the boil. When is up to you.

There is another feature you asked for that is in BeerSmith, but isn't obvious. Like a lot of features, it's hidden in plain sight. Ok, just to start, BeerSmith can't read your mind a know if you do or don't want a substitution to do anything more than calculate as-is. If you want to know...

Sorry. I didn't mean to be unclear. You're correct. The current version of BeerSmith won't create a recipe from your inventory. It may come back as a feature, someday. That feature wasn't as great as it sounds, though. The more leftovers you had, the closer it'd get to Brown Ale or...

Actually, BeerSmith is only missing the non-resident and predictive recipe design portions of your list. Both Brewer's Friend and BeerSmith are excellent brewing tools and there are more out there. Neither is a perfect solution for every possible scenario home brewers can dream up. I don't...

A TDS meter that we would buy for brewing, doesn't directly measure the mineral content. It measures conductance, then calculates the corresponding TDS level. Lower mineral water is less conductive, so the meter shows lower TDS. Salt treatment softeners will replace each magnesium and calcium...

There's a possible clue in the response from your water company. That they're blending with softened water. Chances are that they're using deionizers for this task. This often leaves the water with a slightly positive charge that tricks your meter into a higher reading. TDS meters work by...

Any recipe can be given a brew session. Use the button labeled "Copy to Brew Log." BeerSmith will create that folder for you. Now, each recipe you put in there can be modified without changing the original. As things evolve, you can see a history of your beers. You can sort them by brew date...

The update posted yesterday. Please check to see that you've received it. Also see if you've updated to OS 9.0.2. That has fixed a lot of overall bugginess in the OS update.

Yes. Nearly everyone. Apple sent developer kits for 9.0 & 9.1, which BeerSmith was ready for. When 9.0.1 came out, it wasn't part of either developer package and undid a lot of the maneuverability and fixes that Brad was ready for. He's indicated that he's sent fixes to Apple for review...

So what are we trying to understand, here? Each program has a foundation of assumptions to start with. Each has controls available to the brewer. Even if they differ at the start, if you hone each to your particular circumstance, the numbers begin to move closer. Will they agree with all...

Not in most cases. Mash efficiency is the sum of two processes. The first is conversion efficiency, where you are successful in getting starches converted into sugar. The second is sparge efficiency, where you get the sugars successfully rinsed from the grain into the kettle. Typically...

This is a different question and should have its own thread. Each measures sugar extraction, but at different points. Mash Efficiency is the percentage of total possible sugar that you get into the kettle. Brewhouse Efficiency (BHE) is the percentage of total possible sugar that you get...

Cool. Glad to help. There are a lot of BeerSmith features that are hidden in plain sight. And still more that can be customized. I manage my log folder by date. In several recipe folders, I have original recipes all with a date of 01/01/01. When I copy to Log, this gives me a forecast of my...

From the description, this sounds like it's a BeerSmith question? A negative number means that you've asked BeerSmith to equalize some part of the sparge, elsewhere in the mash. Somehow, from water additions or splitting sparge into equal batches, you're using more water than you need for...

For BH efficiency to equal Mash, then you must have the Loss to Trub & Chiller set to zero. So, the estimated gravities should look like what you'd expect. You are also saing that the measured field is saying 45%, which is a number that gets calculated from the measured gravity and volume you...

This was first reported at the beginning of September, this year. Attached is an updated list of malt specs for Castle. It's based on their website: http://www.castlemalting.com/CastleMaltingMalts.asp?Language=English Be sure to check availability with your supplier, since they don't export...

Version 2.2 does calculate the IBUs. You have to give a steep time to the hop addition. It defaults to zero.

Not necessarily. If you're doing a delicate beer with <50 IBU and you're very precise about the actual AA% of your hops, it *might* make a difference. Isomerization is mostly done in the first 20 to 30 minutes of boil contact time, then it plateaus and IBUs rise a lot more slowly per minute...