Hi Brad
In a future upgrade, would it be possible to add some extra fields to reflect actual measured values, and then a report to compare BS2 estimates and actual values (including differences) across a certain piece of brewing equipment? This would help with adjusting equipment and program variables to increase accuracy by using averages of measured values.
The fields I'm suggesting are mainly in the vols tab:
1. Measured water available from mash
- this could then be used to calculate the Measured mash grain absorption (ie Mash water adds - Measured water available from mash)
- From looking at the calculated numbers, it seems that the sparge water essentially has no absorption, so the default value for this could be [Measured pre-boil volume - sparge water vol]
2. Measured total grain absorption
- Total water needed - Meas pre-boil vol
3. Total grain absorption rate (in fl oz/oz of grain, per the advanced set up tab)
4. Measured post-boil volume
5. Measured boil-off (Measured pre-boil volume - Measured post-boil volume)
6. Measured boil-off rate (Measured boil-off/Boil Time)
Then being able to generate a report (by equipment, or recipe) of these values for each brew session. For example, select a brewed recipe, then generate report, which shows all of these values side by side with the estimated value, and the difference. This could potentially be added to a folder - say brew log - to generate a report of the data for all the recipes created by a specific piece of equipment. A second report showing the average values would also be useful. This could then be used to update the equipment profile to improve estimations.
If I'm missing something, and there is a way to do this, please let me know. As my understanding is at the moment, the process of dialling in equipment is "Hmm, I think I had some more grain absorption here, I might adjust that a bit and see how it goes next time." With all the data in the program, being able to enter all of the observed values, and then generate a report to compare, would be very useful to make the most of the information that is available here.
In a future upgrade, would it be possible to add some extra fields to reflect actual measured values, and then a report to compare BS2 estimates and actual values (including differences) across a certain piece of brewing equipment? This would help with adjusting equipment and program variables to increase accuracy by using averages of measured values.
The fields I'm suggesting are mainly in the vols tab:
1. Measured water available from mash
- this could then be used to calculate the Measured mash grain absorption (ie Mash water adds - Measured water available from mash)
- From looking at the calculated numbers, it seems that the sparge water essentially has no absorption, so the default value for this could be [Measured pre-boil volume - sparge water vol]
2. Measured total grain absorption
- Total water needed - Meas pre-boil vol
3. Total grain absorption rate (in fl oz/oz of grain, per the advanced set up tab)
4. Measured post-boil volume
5. Measured boil-off (Measured pre-boil volume - Measured post-boil volume)
6. Measured boil-off rate (Measured boil-off/Boil Time)
Then being able to generate a report (by equipment, or recipe) of these values for each brew session. For example, select a brewed recipe, then generate report, which shows all of these values side by side with the estimated value, and the difference. This could potentially be added to a folder - say brew log - to generate a report of the data for all the recipes created by a specific piece of equipment. A second report showing the average values would also be useful. This could then be used to update the equipment profile to improve estimations.
If I'm missing something, and there is a way to do this, please let me know. As my understanding is at the moment, the process of dialling in equipment is "Hmm, I think I had some more grain absorption here, I might adjust that a bit and see how it goes next time." With all the data in the program, being able to enter all of the observed values, and then generate a report to compare, would be very useful to make the most of the information that is available here.