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Value of Beer Barrel

tysonarp

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Curious why Beersmith insists that a barrel of beer is 31.5 US gallons when it is certainly only 31?  I hope there is a fix for this as I operate both a 10 bbl brewhouse and a 15 gal pilot brewery and often switch units and scale recipes in Beersmith.  This volume error makes for some irritating inconsistencies in the software's calculations.
 
Thanks,
  I agree I need to change this - looking back at my notes I was using the "US Barrel" definition which is 31.5 gallons for everything but beer (beer is 31 gallons).

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_%28unit%29

  I believe I set that value back in 2003 and never revisited it.  I'll correct it in an upcoming build as it is a pretty easy fix.

Brad
 
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