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On beersmith, on recipe design, in low right corner, is measured batch size before or after the % cooling shrinkage rate? It makes a difference in measured efficiency. Thanks.
It's pretty common for brewers to take a while to fully understand both BE and how BeerSmith approaches many brewing steps. Maybe some other resources would help?
Here is what Brad has to say on the subject:
http://beersmith.com/blog/2008/10/26/brewhouse-efficiency-for-all-grain-beer-brewing/
Brewer's Friend lays it out in mathematical terms, too:
http://beersmith.com/blog/2008/10/26/brewhouse-efficiency-for-all-grain-beer-brewing/
BeerSmith takes variables like temperature expansion into account and applies them in an "as-you-should-read-it-at-that-moment" form for brewing steps and instructions.
The Braukaiser blog sums up some of the conflict between the BeerSmith definition and what other texts call Brewhouse Efficiency:
http://braukaiser.com/wiki/index.php?title=Understanding_Efficiency