paulg wrote:I have copied a recipe from my previous BIAB calculator into beersmith and have created a profile for the 50l BM.
when I click on the brew steps icon the page gives me a step of filling mash tun with 10.98 litres and then fly sparging after mash.
now obviously with the BM you are working like BIAB so where do I tell the software this fact (i assume somewhere within the profile needs changing).
also the recipe only gives pre boil volumes not pre mash volumes although the brew steps includes all volumes.I am new to beersmith having only used BIAbacus and brewmate software before
thanks
Paul
Paul,
Apologies if this is more basic than needed, but it sounded like you had picked one of the default Mash Profiles for your recipe. What Dicko has shown you is a customized Mash Profile. In case you needed a few more hints, here they are.. It sounds like you've made your 50l BM Equipment Profile, which is only one of the places you need to setup before you design a recipe. Another setting to make is in Beersmith Preferences...
...where you need to set the Grain Absorption constant. I'm paranoid and set both to 0.7000 in case I forget to check the BIAB box on the Mash Profile.
What Dicko showed you was a Mash Profile. I'm guessing that you selected a mash profile from one of the pre-populated profiles that come with Beersmith. Dicko has edited or created a new one. I have a few different Mash Profiles I play around with, some have a sparge step and I've recently created some new ones that don't have a sparge step. When you're creating a recipe, you can select the Mash Profile you use on the Mash tab in the recipe...
...the selection up near the top of the screen, under Mash Profile, is a drop down selection list and I've selected BM20, Light Body for this beer. If you want to edit the profile just for this recipe, you can do basic editing right from within the recipe. If you want to edit the full Mash Profile, click in the the little check mark next to the profile name. If you want to save your edited profile, click on the little disc icon - it won't overwrite your existing profile, it will save a new copy.
I know my learning curve with Beersmith was, literally, years. I do love it now.