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Beer Smith ROCKS

Using Beer Smith 1st time today.I've been playing around with it for 2 weeks now getting acimated.Decided to do a brew with it.Best part is the mash calculator.I allways had trouble hitting my target temps,keeping water handy at different temps so I could adjust quickly.Today,I'm just pouring it in slowly,with therm.emersed,and it is spot on (well,within 1 degree or so ).Mash isn't complete yet but I am thoroughly impressed,so far.

Hah! Predicted pre boil gravity 1.049.
Actual pre boil grvity 1.049.
Miscalculated the mash tun dead space as 0.25 gal. and it was nearly double,but tippping the tun a little on run off compensated nicely.

Now all I gotta do is buy the software.My 21 day free trial ends soon. .But it's only 21.00.Easy money.

I'm a BeerSmith junkie. Once you dial it in (adjust dead space, mash tun specific heat, and all the other calcs, etc.) it's a real help. Some things don't make sense to me, just because my routine is different. For example, I don't actually "secondary," I just throw the primary into the fridge to cold crash until bottling time. So, I use the "secondary" section of the recipe form to estimate the time in the fridge, which makes it come out right on the calendar. There's some other things I wish were different and added, but mostly minor. I love the inventory form, too, and that I can automatically deduct today's brew from current inventory.

This could be a meeting topic. I'd be glad to offer that sometime.

Only $17.95 @ Rebel Brewer... Well worth the cost..Just choose the download version..

http://www.rebelbrewer.com/shoppingcart ... th&x=0&y=0