Couple Beersmith questions..

[Kaz]

Have a couple Beersmith questions...


1. Inventory....I enter things into it, but they never seem to be taken out of inventory...am I missing some step that tells it to deduct a recipe from inventory once brewed?

2. BIAB...I set the mash profile to single infusion, med. body with no mash out and then I manually set my water at my boil volume of 7.5 gal. I'm mashing in my 10 gal. aluminum kettle...what should I set my mash tun temp at...160ish I'm guessing.....thanks!

 

[nicegut]

With regard to inventories being subtracted, when you have the recipe page up on the screen, look to the upper left control buttons. The second one in says "remove from inventory" It will then subtract form your total inventory.

Have a great brew day!

 

[Kaz]

Doh...thanks nicegut...I was looking all over for a button like that, just kept missing it!

 

[teddy4xp]

Beersith will automatically figure out what your initial mash temp will be prior to adding your grains. The first time i did BIAB using beer smith it told me to use 164 degree water for roughly 8-9lbs of grain. Turns out i actually needed the water to be 161 because my initial mash temp was too high but I wasn't able to figure this out till i actually used my stove/equipment. Maybe shoot for 160 but have some additional hot water on the stove and some ice near by so you can adjust your temp as needed.

 

[JuanKenobi]

Somewhere in the mash profile you can tell beersmith to NOT adjust for tun temp. This is what you want for BIAB. Since you are heating your water ahead of time you are heating the 'tun' as well. Just remember to set your water volume correctly and you should get very close, if not dead on.