Welcome to BeerSmith! > Options

The advanced settings give you an opportunity to set a variety of internal constants used throughout BeerSmith (both in recipes and in tools) to perform calculations.

New Feature: The adjustment of all major constants and final gravity based on mash temperature is new.

WARNING: This feature is for advanced users only - changing these constants can significantly throw off internal calculations if misused. The default values for the options are shown in parenthesis next to each value.

Mac Note: On the Macintosh version of BeerSmith, the options dialog is listed as Preferences under the BeerSmith2 menu and toolbar rather than options

Setting the Advanced Options

o	Select Options from the Tools menu or toolbar (Preferences on the BeerSmith 2 menu for the Macintosh version). Select the Advanced icon on the toolbar in the options dialog.

o	The advanced settings section has two options for grain absorption. The first is used for conventional mashing while the second is used for Brew-in-a-bag (BIAB) mash profiles. These represent how much water is absorbed by the grains (in fluid ounces per ounce of grain).

o	The malt specific heat is the amount of heat absorbed by grains during the mash. It is measured in calories per gram of malt per degree Celsius.

o	The grain volume is the volume of space occupied by a kilogram of grain (liters per kilogram).

o	The steeping efficiency is the mash efficiency from steeping grains. Typically only a small percentage (10-15%) of steeped grains end up in the wort after steeping.

BeerSmith has a new feature in the recipe designer that allows the mash temperature to be used to adjust the estimated final gravity. Beers with a low mash temperature tend to have higher attenuation during fermentation and lower starting gravity. The relationship in BeerSmith is linear, adjusting by a small percentage per degree of mash temperature off the center value. Here you can enter the slope and center temperature for adjusting based on mash temperature. The default values are an average of values from various sources.

o	Finally the brew log name can be adjusted - if you prefer another name instead of the default value.