I get the idea behind the Mash Tub Specific Heat value. A mash tun will absorb some heat of the strike water. Different mash tuns of different sizes and design will absorb different amounts of heat from your strike water. The Mash Tun Specific Heat value accounts for this fact and provides an offset for the loss of heat.
Here is what I do not get.
Let's say I start a brew session and the mash tun has been in garage and the ambient temperature is 42? F and the mash tun is also 42?. It will absorb X percent of the heat from the strike water.
If everything else is the same, but the ambient temperature is 100? F, the mash tun will be 100? and absorb less heat when compared to my 42? brew day.
Beersmith treats the Mash Tub Specific Heat value the same for all ambient temperature conditions.
The only thing I come up with is Beersmith assumes that your grain and mash tun have been exposed to the same ambient temperature and are the same temp. The Mash Tub Specific Heat offset will track up and down with the grain temp setting found elsewhere in the calculator. Which makes sense.
In my case, I have my grains inside the house and the mash tun is out in the garage. My house could be 70? and the garage could be 40?, or 70? or 90?.
Thanks in advance.
Here is what I do not get.
Let's say I start a brew session and the mash tun has been in garage and the ambient temperature is 42? F and the mash tun is also 42?. It will absorb X percent of the heat from the strike water.
If everything else is the same, but the ambient temperature is 100? F, the mash tun will be 100? and absorb less heat when compared to my 42? brew day.
Beersmith treats the Mash Tub Specific Heat value the same for all ambient temperature conditions.
The only thing I come up with is Beersmith assumes that your grain and mash tun have been exposed to the same ambient temperature and are the same temp. The Mash Tub Specific Heat offset will track up and down with the grain temp setting found elsewhere in the calculator. Which makes sense.
In my case, I have my grains inside the house and the mash tun is out in the garage. My house could be 70? and the garage could be 40?, or 70? or 90?.
Thanks in advance.