lucianthorr
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Hi. I'm a super new user and I've got a question regarding setting up an Equipment Profile. I've been using Brewersfriend the past couple of years and am in the process of trying to compare calculations because I've yet to really nail down a final predictable OG and water usage.
I see in Beersmith there's a Trub Loss setting for the Boil Kettle but there isn't a deadspace setting to compensate for loss underneath the spigot and/or between the kettle and the fermenter (ie, tubing, chiller, etc).
Should I add all of that into the "trub loss"? Because I would assume the trub loss would be a variable value, more like a function of hop amounts and boil size.
Or should I just add that to the "batch size"? So if I like 5.5 gallons in the fermenter, with 2.25 gallons of deadspace in my 26 gallon kettle and 0.5 gallons in the tubing and counterflow chiller, I'm really trying to make 8.25 gallon batches?
Thanks for your help. I realize these are serious newbie questions.
I see in Beersmith there's a Trub Loss setting for the Boil Kettle but there isn't a deadspace setting to compensate for loss underneath the spigot and/or between the kettle and the fermenter (ie, tubing, chiller, etc).
Should I add all of that into the "trub loss"? Because I would assume the trub loss would be a variable value, more like a function of hop amounts and boil size.
Or should I just add that to the "batch size"? So if I like 5.5 gallons in the fermenter, with 2.25 gallons of deadspace in my 26 gallon kettle and 0.5 gallons in the tubing and counterflow chiller, I'm really trying to make 8.25 gallon batches?
Thanks for your help. I realize these are serious newbie questions.