This is a more general question regarding a number of recipes that I have entered into BeerSmith. It is probably not a ‘bug’ but I posted it here for a start.
I told BeerSmith I'm going to do a partial mash. The software said I should mash with 1.4 qts of water, and then sparge with 6.43 gallons, leaving me with a boil volume of 6.41 gallons.
My understanding is that sparging with that much water will draw out excess tannins. Should I not worry about the tannins because of amount of sparge water?
I told BeerSmith I'm going to do a partial mash. The software said I should mash with 1.4 qts of water, and then sparge with 6.43 gallons, leaving me with a boil volume of 6.41 gallons.
My understanding is that sparging with that much water will draw out excess tannins. Should I not worry about the tannins because of amount of sparge water?