Bitterness is also coming out lower eg 25 vs 30, 36 vs 44 IBUs. Volumes work out really well on The Calculator but the original gravity estimate comes out about 5 degrees lower than Beer Alchemy. Brad Smith, creator of the BeerSmith brewing calculator. Put three double-batches through The Calculator and Beer Alchemy on the weekend. Anyone have an idea what might be causing this discrepancy? I'm guessing my equipment profile might be throwing the calculations off, but I'm not sure how. Homebrewers trying to calculate a beer's IBUs will need to guesstimate how much isomerization. I'm using the preset hop type adjustments and an equipment profile for the Grainfather. For lower IBU beers it's not a huge deal, but I'd like to strive for accuracy.įor example, a recent pale ale I brewed brought me the following IBU calculations:īeersmith calculates less for the longer additions but significantly more (around 50%) for the shorter time addtitions. ![]() Specifically, Beersmith calculates more IBUs in the shorter boils. One thing I noticed recently, to my surprise, was that my IBU calculations in Beersmith show up a fair bit higher than they would in online calculators. Adding malts, hops, and yeast is done with the click of a button and all characteristics are updated as you go. My volumes gets me 28L preboil, 25L post 60 min boil. You have lower total water volume than for the smaller grain bill. Your last line for Grainfather looks very wrong. The software was clearly built with years of experience in making beer and is also clearly a reflection of his workflow. Here is what I get in Beersmith: 4.36kg > 15.27L Mash 17.09L Sparge. ![]() ![]() As you design your beer, original gravity, bitterness, color, and all recipe parameters are calculated. Beer Smith 3.0 is a interesting piece of software written by Brad Smith that was made to design and help you implement beer recipes. I mostly use Beersmith 2 for recipe building (and then play around with other calculators/formulas to fine tune). BeerSmith is a comprehensive software for creating homebrew recipes.
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