Some people have found that their mash temperatures were a bit too high or too low when using BeerSmith with the "Adjust Temperature for Equipment" flag set.
One way to remedy this is to go into your equipment profile and make sure your equipment settings reflect your actual equipment. See the following FAQ for more information on setting your equipment:
http://beersmith.com/equipment_setup.htm
In addition, you may need to adjust the "Mash Tun Specific Heat" setting depending on the material of your mash tun. For example, though stainless steel has an average specific heat of about 0.120, it can vary quite a bit higher or lower than that depending on precise steel type.
Plastics, in particular, have a lot of variation. Your specific heat could be as low as 0.25 or as high as 0.4 or even 0.5 depending on plastic type.
Unfortunately there is no easy way to precisely narrow down this parameter other than to make small adjustments if you come out a bit too high or low on a particular batch. You can always have a small amount of cold and boiling water on hand to adjust the termpature a bit until you have found your ideal equipment settings.
Cheers!
Brad
One way to remedy this is to go into your equipment profile and make sure your equipment settings reflect your actual equipment. See the following FAQ for more information on setting your equipment:
http://beersmith.com/equipment_setup.htm
In addition, you may need to adjust the "Mash Tun Specific Heat" setting depending on the material of your mash tun. For example, though stainless steel has an average specific heat of about 0.120, it can vary quite a bit higher or lower than that depending on precise steel type.
Plastics, in particular, have a lot of variation. Your specific heat could be as low as 0.25 or as high as 0.4 or even 0.5 depending on plastic type.
Unfortunately there is no easy way to precisely narrow down this parameter other than to make small adjustments if you come out a bit too high or low on a particular batch. You can always have a small amount of cold and boiling water on hand to adjust the termpature a bit until you have found your ideal equipment settings.
Cheers!
Brad