For stovetop partial mashes (as described in Zainasheff & Palmer, "Brewing Classic Styles" and elsewhere), I'm using a preheated quantity of water in a mash tun, then adding the grains in a grain bag. BeerSmith allows me to calculate the volume and strike temp of the mash water no problem. I simply uncheck adjusting for equipment (or set the temp of the mash tun to be the temp of the mash water.)
I then heat a separate vessel with sparge water and transfer the grains from the mash tun to the sparge water. BeerSmith isn't set up to handle this situation.
I can set the % mash tun to use for batch sparge to something like 300% and it will then give me the amount of sparge water to use, but I can't calculate what my sparge strike temp should be. I realize this would require knowing what the heat loss to ambient would be and the time you let the grains drain....
Perhaps more importantly, it would be better to show allow adding a separate Sparge step to the profile that supports this situation. Right now, the Mash Profiles assume use of a single vessel and all additional steps are either additional infusions, decoctions or heatings.
Brian
I then heat a separate vessel with sparge water and transfer the grains from the mash tun to the sparge water. BeerSmith isn't set up to handle this situation.
I can set the % mash tun to use for batch sparge to something like 300% and it will then give me the amount of sparge water to use, but I can't calculate what my sparge strike temp should be. I realize this would require knowing what the heat loss to ambient would be and the time you let the grains drain....
Perhaps more importantly, it would be better to show allow adding a separate Sparge step to the profile that supports this situation. Right now, the Mash Profiles assume use of a single vessel and all additional steps are either additional infusions, decoctions or heatings.
Brian