I have decided to use BeerSmith to help with preparing wort for use in distillation. Depending on some nomenclature issues that wort may be called mash and the verb is mashing. Those nomenclatures issues do not bear on this question.
For those who do not know, the preparation of a wort for distillation is essentially identical to preparation of wort for a beer. Fermentable ingredients are added and adjusted until the OG desired is achieved. Water is added and adjusted depending on batch size. And then a steep activity occurs to release the starches prior to cooling and the introduction of yeast to ferment the result. No hops addition and no boiling activity, just steeping.
BS does a great job of helping add/adjust various fermentable ingredients and water to achieve OG goals. Grain absorption of water and the reduction of volume by boiling are good and the resulting volume of wort is fairly close for a beer.
What BS does not do is have a “Type” that does not involve boiling and the associated reduction of water during the boil.
Is there a way to ‘fool’ BS by adding a Type or some other method to not consider the volume reduction based on boiling – essentially have the “Est Pre-Boil Vol” equal the “Batch Size” minus the amount of liquid absorbed by the grains.
Any help would be appreciated.
Possibly a ‘new’ expanded market for the BS software.
For those who do not know, the preparation of a wort for distillation is essentially identical to preparation of wort for a beer. Fermentable ingredients are added and adjusted until the OG desired is achieved. Water is added and adjusted depending on batch size. And then a steep activity occurs to release the starches prior to cooling and the introduction of yeast to ferment the result. No hops addition and no boiling activity, just steeping.
BS does a great job of helping add/adjust various fermentable ingredients and water to achieve OG goals. Grain absorption of water and the reduction of volume by boiling are good and the resulting volume of wort is fairly close for a beer.
What BS does not do is have a “Type” that does not involve boiling and the associated reduction of water during the boil.
Is there a way to ‘fool’ BS by adding a Type or some other method to not consider the volume reduction based on boiling – essentially have the “Est Pre-Boil Vol” equal the “Batch Size” minus the amount of liquid absorbed by the grains.
Any help would be appreciated.
Possibly a ‘new’ expanded market for the BS software.