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Thomas Hubbell
Hi,
I've just downloaded the Beersmith evaluation and have been very impressed so far.
Lately, I've been using the extract brewing method in which only a portion (1-2 pounds) of the extract is added for the full boil time and the remainder is added for the last fifteen minutes. This has been described in BYO, I believe, but I learned about it in various forums. It is supposed to lighten beer colors and increase hop utilization (since the majority of the hop boil is in a lower gravity wort).
It seems that BeerSmith assumes that all extracts will be added for the full boil time. Unless I just didn't see the proper setting, there appears to be no way to change the boil time of the malt extracts. Also, I guess that BeerSmith wouldn't calculate the IBU's correctly in this case, since it assumes that all malt extract is added at the beginning.
Is there anyway to overcome these limitations in the current version of BeerSmith and are there any plans to incorporate support for late extract addition in future versions?
I've just downloaded the Beersmith evaluation and have been very impressed so far.
Lately, I've been using the extract brewing method in which only a portion (1-2 pounds) of the extract is added for the full boil time and the remainder is added for the last fifteen minutes. This has been described in BYO, I believe, but I learned about it in various forums. It is supposed to lighten beer colors and increase hop utilization (since the majority of the hop boil is in a lower gravity wort).
It seems that BeerSmith assumes that all extracts will be added for the full boil time. Unless I just didn't see the proper setting, there appears to be no way to change the boil time of the malt extracts. Also, I guess that BeerSmith wouldn't calculate the IBU's correctly in this case, since it assumes that all malt extract is added at the beginning.
Is there anyway to overcome these limitations in the current version of BeerSmith and are there any plans to incorporate support for late extract addition in future versions?