After upgrading to V2.3 I found that the new version has renamed Mash Tun Deadspace to Lauter Tun Losses and added a new Mash Tun Additions tab. How exactly are you suppose to use these two tabs?
I brew on a Blichmann Top Tier and also use a Tower of Power for RIMS controller. My batch sizes are typically 5.25gals and I "mash and lauter", as most homebrewers do, in a single vessel. I use 10gal Boilermaker and use the associated false bottom screen. Prior to the V2.3 upgrade I had .249gal set in the Mash Tun Deadspace tab and that carried over to the new Lauter Tun Losses tab. My .249gal of tun losses are from .130gal of waste left in the mash tun after the sparge is complete plus .119gal of losses in the pump and hoses that does not make it to the boil kettle. Should I split up these two values, (.130gal tun loss + .119gal hose-pump loss) on the Mash additions tab and Lauter Losses tabs or just leave things as they are with my total losses setting in the "Lauter Tun Lossess" tab?
The description under the Mash Tun Additions tab is somewhat hard to understand. It says "recoverable space under the mash scren". Recoverable???? really???? I have never been able to recover the lost wort under my mash screen. It has 10-13lb of grain sitting on top of it. In my case it is a measely .130gals, but on a much larger mash tun I could see that being much larger with more lbs of grain sitting on top of it. So what exactly are these two tabs used for and more importantly what other values outcomes in other sections of Beersmith are effected based on the entries in one or both of theses tabs?
My pre-boil vols have been "dead on balls" (that's a technical term for highly accurate) with typically only about a pint of recoverable wort left in the mash tun after I hit my pre-boil vol.
BTW IMO Beersmith is the only way to go. With the combination of Beersmith and Blichmann Engineering I get a mash efficiency of 90%-93%
I brew on a Blichmann Top Tier and also use a Tower of Power for RIMS controller. My batch sizes are typically 5.25gals and I "mash and lauter", as most homebrewers do, in a single vessel. I use 10gal Boilermaker and use the associated false bottom screen. Prior to the V2.3 upgrade I had .249gal set in the Mash Tun Deadspace tab and that carried over to the new Lauter Tun Losses tab. My .249gal of tun losses are from .130gal of waste left in the mash tun after the sparge is complete plus .119gal of losses in the pump and hoses that does not make it to the boil kettle. Should I split up these two values, (.130gal tun loss + .119gal hose-pump loss) on the Mash additions tab and Lauter Losses tabs or just leave things as they are with my total losses setting in the "Lauter Tun Lossess" tab?
The description under the Mash Tun Additions tab is somewhat hard to understand. It says "recoverable space under the mash scren". Recoverable???? really???? I have never been able to recover the lost wort under my mash screen. It has 10-13lb of grain sitting on top of it. In my case it is a measely .130gals, but on a much larger mash tun I could see that being much larger with more lbs of grain sitting on top of it. So what exactly are these two tabs used for and more importantly what other values outcomes in other sections of Beersmith are effected based on the entries in one or both of theses tabs?
My pre-boil vols have been "dead on balls" (that's a technical term for highly accurate) with typically only about a pint of recoverable wort left in the mash tun after I hit my pre-boil vol.
BTW IMO Beersmith is the only way to go. With the combination of Beersmith and Blichmann Engineering I get a mash efficiency of 90%-93%