Gustatorian
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This is infinitely frustrating.
Using the sessions tab after a brew session should really help dial in your system...but it's not.
Currently, I'm working on 2 different equipment settings (no-sparge low-gravity and no-sparge mid-gravity).
Values I know and can adjust:
1. Grain Absorption. I'm constantly readjusting the grain absorption to find a mean for all grain bills (since you can only have 1 for the entire program),
2. Boil Off Rate. I adjust the boil-off rate based on the brew session, and then plug those numbers into the equipment profile.
3. MLT Dead Space: Measured this with the help from this thread. It should stay fixed.
4. Trub Loss: I have the ability to change this, but I feel like I shouldn't. To me, if you start with a specific total volume for a no-sparge brew, then collect a specific volume to boil after the mash, then collect a certain amount in the fermentor, BeerSmith should give you this value. I continue to document the trub loss, but it's difficult to measure as a volume, especially with the expansive capabilities of hops within that volume.
Once I plug every known value into the equipment, it changes the necessities for a specific recipe...upping the total volume of water, misjudging the pre-boil volume, etc. If I were to brew that recipe again, with that specific equipment profile (using those newly recommended volumes) I would again have to readjust because my gravity numbers will be off. This program makes you constantly chase numbers. Plugging a value in will change another and so on...
What am I missing?
Using the sessions tab after a brew session should really help dial in your system...but it's not.
Currently, I'm working on 2 different equipment settings (no-sparge low-gravity and no-sparge mid-gravity).
Values I know and can adjust:
1. Grain Absorption. I'm constantly readjusting the grain absorption to find a mean for all grain bills (since you can only have 1 for the entire program),
2. Boil Off Rate. I adjust the boil-off rate based on the brew session, and then plug those numbers into the equipment profile.
3. MLT Dead Space: Measured this with the help from this thread. It should stay fixed.
4. Trub Loss: I have the ability to change this, but I feel like I shouldn't. To me, if you start with a specific total volume for a no-sparge brew, then collect a specific volume to boil after the mash, then collect a certain amount in the fermentor, BeerSmith should give you this value. I continue to document the trub loss, but it's difficult to measure as a volume, especially with the expansive capabilities of hops within that volume.
Once I plug every known value into the equipment, it changes the necessities for a specific recipe...upping the total volume of water, misjudging the pre-boil volume, etc. If I were to brew that recipe again, with that specific equipment profile (using those newly recommended volumes) I would again have to readjust because my gravity numbers will be off. This program makes you constantly chase numbers. Plugging a value in will change another and so on...
What am I missing?