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The fermentation tab for a recipe is a central area for detailing your brewing process from the boiler to the fermenter and also show your aging and bottling/kegging options.  It also allows you to accurately calculate your overall brewhouse efficiency, carbonation levels and statistics for the finished beer.

 

Note: You must record and enter the measured values (boil volume, original gravity, batch size, final gravity) to get accurate measured calculations.

 

The "Into the Boiler" section shows your estimated and measured boil volume and gravities.  The "Into fermenter" shows the estimated and measured batch size and original gravity for the beer.  "Brewhouse Efficiency" provides your estimated and measured brewhouse efficiency for all grain brewers.  "Fermentation and Storage" gives you a place to track the gravities of your beer as it ferments.  The "At bottling/kegging" section provides space for the final gravity of the beer and volume actually bottled or kegged.

 

On the right half of the display the current fermentation and aging profile is displayed (temperature versus time) as well as your preferred carbonation method, carbonation level and how much pressure or sugar needed for carbonation.

 

On the lower half you can enter taste notes and your taste rating (typically the BJCP score if you compete your beer - a value between 1 and 50).  On the bottom right is the estimated and actual statistics (alcohol by volume and weight and calories) for your finished beer.

 

Online Articles: Understanding Brewhouse Efficiency, Improving your Brewhouse Efficiency, Apparent and Real Attenuation Part 1, Part 2, Counting Calories in Beer, How to Keg your Beer, Beer Bottling Tips, Recipe Design Tab

 

Displaying the Fermentation Tab

oOpen a recipe by double clicking on it
oClick on the Fermentation tab a the top of the recipe window to view/edit your recipe fermentation details