Hi, I have a question about Cooling Shrinkage.
Does Beersmith, add the Cooling shrinkage when working out the Estmated Boil Volume. When I put this down on paper it seems to. But this doesn't make sense to me unless by Shrinkage do you mean that additional water is lost to evaporation during the cooling period, or that the volume of liqud physicall shrinks (as you would expect) as it cools.
If the latter, I am not sure why it is calculated in to the Est Pre-Boil volume, as surely when you heat the water to boiling it expands, so therefore the shrinkage is moot, no?
Just a thought.
Thanks, Matt
Does Beersmith, add the Cooling shrinkage when working out the Estmated Boil Volume. When I put this down on paper it seems to. But this doesn't make sense to me unless by Shrinkage do you mean that additional water is lost to evaporation during the cooling period, or that the volume of liqud physicall shrinks (as you would expect) as it cools.
If the latter, I am not sure why it is calculated in to the Est Pre-Boil volume, as surely when you heat the water to boiling it expands, so therefore the shrinkage is moot, no?
Just a thought.
Thanks, Matt