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Description
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 | Select the Equipment command on the Insert menu. |
| Name - The name of the equipment profile. |
| Mash Tun Volume - The total capacity of the mash tun. |
| Mash Tun Specific Heat - The specific heat of the mash tun which depends on the material the mash tun is made of. This number is used in calculating strike water temperature and decoction amounts for mashing. |
| Lauter Tun Deadspace - The amount of deadspace in the lauter tun, usually below the lautering screen. Represents the amount of water that will be lost when lautering grains. |
| Top Up Water for Kettle - The amount of water you intend to add to the boil kettle before boiling to achieve the full boil volume. |
| Calculate Boil Volume Automatically - If checked, the boil volume is calculated using the estimated boil off, trub/chiller losses, cooling loss, top-up water and final target volumes. If unchecked, you can enter your own boil volume. |
| Boil Volume - The volume of wort at the start of the boil. |
| Boil Time - The intended amount of time to boil the wort. This is used to calculate the amount of water boiled off. |
| Evaporation Rate - The percentage of wort boiled off per hour while boiling. |
| Boil Off - The calculated amount of water evaporated during the boil based on the evaporation rate and calculated boil volume. This number is used to calculate the starting boil volume. |
| Losses to Trub and Chiller - The amount of trub left in the bottom of the boiler after the clear wort has been siphoned into the fermenter. Also may include losses to the wort chiller if a counterflow chiller is used. |
| Cooling Loss - The wort volume shrinks by a small amount (around 4 %) as it cools from boiling to room temperature. This is the calculated amount of loss. |
| Top Up Water - The amount of water added to the wort after the boil has completed to bring it up to the target volume. For brewers doing partial batch boils, this can be a large number. |
| Final Volume - The batch size or amount of wort intended to go into the fermenter at the end of brewing. |
| Large Batch Size Utilization - Hop utilization factor adjustable for batch size. For small batches (20 gallons or less) the correct value is 100%. For large microbrewery or brewery size batches much larger hop utilization is possible and the value is usually much larger than 100%. |
| Notes - Description and notes for this brewing setup. |
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