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Hi,
I've been looking into this issue http://www.beersmith.com/forum/index.php?topic=1504.0 and I believe it is still unresolved and/or broken.
I too have been puzzled by the discrepancy in the two 'methods' of computing the gravity and I am pretty certain that Beersmith is making a mistake. Here is a simple thought exercise that should illustrate my reasoning: If I take 10 gallons of wort with an OG of 1.048 and split it into two carboys, the OG of the wort in each carboy is still 1.048, logically. The gravity did not change. Similarly, if I leave a gallon of wort in the kettle, or two gallons, or any amount, the gravity in the fermenter does not change. Therefore changing the "Loss to Boil Trub and Chiller" parameter in the equipment customization screen should have absolutely no effect on the wort's gravity.
My current version of the software (1_40 build 37) does not account for this loss wort properly and changes the gravity as this value changes, as if the loss was taken out of the pre-boil water instead of post-boil wort.
Are there any plans on fixing this problem? It's easy enough to work around once you know there is a bug, however it threw me for a loop for a few days trying to track down why my gravities were off from the published recipes I was attempting to model.
By the way - Thanks for the great software!
Cheers,
Ray
I've been looking into this issue http://www.beersmith.com/forum/index.php?topic=1504.0 and I believe it is still unresolved and/or broken.
I too have been puzzled by the discrepancy in the two 'methods' of computing the gravity and I am pretty certain that Beersmith is making a mistake. Here is a simple thought exercise that should illustrate my reasoning: If I take 10 gallons of wort with an OG of 1.048 and split it into two carboys, the OG of the wort in each carboy is still 1.048, logically. The gravity did not change. Similarly, if I leave a gallon of wort in the kettle, or two gallons, or any amount, the gravity in the fermenter does not change. Therefore changing the "Loss to Boil Trub and Chiller" parameter in the equipment customization screen should have absolutely no effect on the wort's gravity.
My current version of the software (1_40 build 37) does not account for this loss wort properly and changes the gravity as this value changes, as if the loss was taken out of the pre-boil water instead of post-boil wort.
Are there any plans on fixing this problem? It's easy enough to work around once you know there is a bug, however it threw me for a loop for a few days trying to track down why my gravities were off from the published recipes I was attempting to model.
By the way - Thanks for the great software!
Cheers,
Ray