Beersmith Mash Profiles

[johnodon]

Can someone explain how you know which "Single Infusion, ***, Batch Sparge" profile to select in Beersmith?

Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge
Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge​

Do you select the profile based on the type of beer you are brewing? If so, are there some general guidelines? While I love to drink beer, I cannot profess to being very knowledgable about classifying the different types. What may be light to me may be medium to someone else. Or am I way off base here?

TIA,

John

 

[stevo155]

Full Body means more dextrines so it will be the profile with the higher mash temp. Light body, meaning less dextrines and more fermentable wort, will be a lower mash temp.

You can select the medium body profile and then manually adjust the mash temp based on your recipe.

 

[johnodon]

Sounds like a plan.

Thank stevo!

John