Hi-
I am trying to figure out this software! I have dutifully figured out the losses in my system (lauter tun dead space, trub and wort loss in boil kettle, wort lost to chiller and hoses), and put the resulting info into my brewing equipment profile. Then, after inputting a recipe and choosing my brewing equipment, I go to the brew steps and the recipe has not been adjusted to account for the extra wort that must be make to accommodate my equipment, and still end up with a volume that is a straight multiple of 5 gallons (I keg the beer). I also added in the volume lost to the fermenter, and the program just subtracts that from my final yield, instead of calculating the additional wort that I should make to hit the desired yield (I think that any type of fermenter would easily include the small amount of head space needed to add the extra 0.4 gal of wort that would be left after racking from the fermenter). Am I doing something wrong? Isn't the point of a program such as this to make it easy to input recipes that are generally formulated for 5 or 6 gallons, and then customize the amounts in those recipes to make the beer hit the proper OG and yield based on your personal brewing setup?
Thanks for any help. I am starting to think it might be easier to continue calculating by hand, but I already purchased the software and would like to get it to work.
Tom
I am trying to figure out this software! I have dutifully figured out the losses in my system (lauter tun dead space, trub and wort loss in boil kettle, wort lost to chiller and hoses), and put the resulting info into my brewing equipment profile. Then, after inputting a recipe and choosing my brewing equipment, I go to the brew steps and the recipe has not been adjusted to account for the extra wort that must be make to accommodate my equipment, and still end up with a volume that is a straight multiple of 5 gallons (I keg the beer). I also added in the volume lost to the fermenter, and the program just subtracts that from my final yield, instead of calculating the additional wort that I should make to hit the desired yield (I think that any type of fermenter would easily include the small amount of head space needed to add the extra 0.4 gal of wort that would be left after racking from the fermenter). Am I doing something wrong? Isn't the point of a program such as this to make it easy to input recipes that are generally formulated for 5 or 6 gallons, and then customize the amounts in those recipes to make the beer hit the proper OG and yield based on your personal brewing setup?
Thanks for any help. I am starting to think it might be easier to continue calculating by hand, but I already purchased the software and would like to get it to work.
Tom