As I mentioned, BeerSmith is great software, but also quite advanced. What I’ll be covering today is, ironically, how to ignore most of the BeerSmith screen. At a cost of $28, you really can’t go wrong with BeerSmith, especially if you consider that your homebrew hobby may extend through the next 5 years, 10 years, or even 20 years! Some people prefer other software like ProMash, which is designed more for professional brewmasters, or mobile apps like BrewPal, which has plenty of features but is not as advanced as BeerSmith. It was also recently updated to version 2 this past year. The software that I use and recommend is BeerSmith, available at In my opinion, it is the best designed software, and the easiest to use. Many brewers keep a log of each and every brew in a binder, and take notes on any modifications made during brew day, as well as during the following weeks of fermentation and carbonation, and finally sampling at various points. Secondly to create a record that you can use to brew the same exact recipe (in the case of success!) or to review in case something goes wrong. First, to automatically calculate many aspects of your brew day including the gravity, IBU of your hops, mash temperature, water additions, etc. There are two main reasons to use software. Today we start down the path of a major improvement to your brewing – using software. If this is bigger than you can boil then you can add top-up water to make up the difference.BeerSmith tutorial part 1 – entering your first recipe of 1.048 then you should have set the batch size accordingly.
This will give you the volume lost to trub, etc.įinally, it looks like your efficiency was less than estimated as the expected O.G. Close the tap and then measure the volume of the liquid in the kettle. Before you brew the next batch you should fill the kettle to just above the tap and let it drain out until the flow stops. Next brew you should measure the volume and S.G. So i'm guessing that in the end you lost 2.5L from kettle losses? Again did you measure this? if not then you probably should. Then it looks like you boiled down to 14.5L? Did you measure this? Is this the volume after it cooled? (hot liquids take up more space than cold ones) That grain absorption seems a little low. It looks like you added 4 kg of grain to 20L of water and ended up with 17 L of wort to boil. I'm guessing that you ended up with 12 L because the batch size was set to 12 L.
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