BEERSMITH 3 WATER TOOL PLUS

Cooling Shrinkage: leave this at 4% (it is simply the thermal expansion of water).Use boil off as an hourly rate: tick this box.Calculate Boil Vol Automatically: tick this box.Fermenter Loss: the volume you expect to leave behind in the fermenter - in our case 2L.Batch Volume: the volume you want to end up with in the fermenter - in our case 21L (=19L + 2L fermenter loss).It controls whether extra water is added to the mash to compensate for the un-recoverable deadspace ( the recoverable deadspace is always added) see note below. Adjust Mash Vol for Losses: you almost certainly want to tick this box.For my setup this is 0.5L see note below.

Mash Deadspace Losses: this is the 'un-recoverable' volume left below the level of the tap/pump.

For my setup this is 3.0L see note below. below the grain screen, but above the level of the tap.

Recoverable Mash Deadspace: this is the 'recoverable' volume i.e.

This is just so the tool can check it's not going to overflow.

Mash Tun Volume: enter the maximum capacity of your mash tun.

Name: give your profile a name, like 'Mash for 19L Corny'.

BEERSMITH 3 WATER TOOL PLUS

Edit the following fields, plus any others you recognise:

You should now see the 'Equipment Profile' (see below). Make sure you're on the 'Design' tab.Įnter a name for your recipe, but don't bother entering any ingredients or parameters just yet.Ĭlick on the ' Equipment' field near the top of the main panel (1), then 'Create an Equipment Profile' (2): aiming to make enough to fill a 19L Corny after leaving 2L of gunk in the fermenter.Ĭlick on the 'My Recipes' folder in the left-hand pane and then the 'Add Recipe' button (top left).Let's say we want to brew a simple beer recipe: Here's a short step-by-step, with a particular focus on the mash and sparge volumes so as to get: (a) the desired mash thickness and (b) the right final volume into your keg/bottles.Īpologies that the following seems a bit of a faff: it's simpler than it sounds and you only have to go through most of it once. I've been using Beersmith 3 (BS3) for a while, but I've only recently got to grips with its water volume calculations especially the correct way to use the slightly cryptic 'mash tun addition' and 'mash dead-space' options.

Beersmith 3 water tool