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Some additional considerations come into play when you are creating an equipment profile at the professional (1 barrel or more) level.

No Sparge Brewing (settings at bottom of articl e ).

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RIMS and HERMS Brewing with BeerSmith Software.Using All-In-One Brewing Equipment with BeerSmith.

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I’ve also done some articles based on various equipment types which cover how to use a BIAB or RIMS system for instance: Handling Different Equipment System Types

Creating an Equipment Profile in BeerSmith Mobile.

Creating an Equipment Profile in BeerSmith Web.

Creating an Equipment Profile (Desktop video).

Creating an Equipment Profile (Desktop Wizard).

The Major Fields in an Equipment Profile.

I’ve done a number of specific articles on this topic: Ideally you want to adjust your volumes and losses to match your actual brew session. From there it factors in the grain bill to calculate mash and sparge water needed. The key is to get your volumes correct at each stage and then also set reasonable estimates for the overall brewhouse efficiency and the mash tun heat capacity (how much heat the mash tun absorbs).īeerSmith starts with the Batch Volume which is the volume into the fermenter and works backwards from that adding and subtracting various losses to get to the needed pre-boil volume. In general, modifying a pre-loaded equipment profile is your best option, but if you want to create your own equipment profile from scratch you can do so. You can also use the Set as Default feature on any of the platforms detailed here to make your equipment profile the default. Simply download the specific profiles you need and then select them when building your recipe. On the web version you can go to Profiles->Equipment and click on Manage Preloaded, and the mobile version has an Add-on button on the main menu. On the desktop, go to Profiles->Equipment and then click on the Equip Add-ons button to display and download various systems. The above are generic equipment profiles, but if you have a specific brewing system from one of the popular suppliers like Blichmann, Anvil, BrewZilla, Grainfather, Robobrew, SS Brewtech, etc…you can instead use the Add-ons feature in BeerSmith to download profiles specific to your system. Equipment Add-ons Available for Most Major Systems You can find these under Profiles->Equipment view in the desktop, web or mobile program. It also has common mead, wine and cider profiles. For example, BeerSmith comes pre-loaded with many common sized brewing systems for All-Grain, BIAB and Extract brewers. If you are starting with BeerSmith from scratch, my first recommendation is to try to use one of the pre-existing equipment profiles.

I’ve composed many articles and videos over the years on equipment profiles, so I thought I would try to combine those links into one super-post. This is an important first step as the equipment you are using drives all of the critical recipe estimates like color, bitterness and original gravity. Some of the most frequent questions I receive on BeerSmith software are about how to properly set up and dial in your equipment profile.

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