Balance Value on BrewMate

[FatGaz]

Can anyone explain the 'Balance Value' on BrewMate?

[jimp2003]

Take a look at this thread: http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/i ... opic=64469

A lot of people think it refers to the bitterness to original gravity ratio but that is given on Brewmate as the BU:GU figure and the balance value is a bit more involved apparently.

[jimp2003]

Here is the link from the above thread that goes into balance value calculation:

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~rohw0009/homebre ... bvcalc.htm

[super_simian]

I rate BV over BU:GU because it takes into account attenuation. Once you have a feel for these things, you can work out how the dryness (or fullness) of a brew will affect your perception of its bitterness, and BV is a rough way of expressing that as a numerical value...

[jimp2003]

I rate BV over BU:GU because it takes into account attenuation. Once you have a feel for these things, you can work out how the dryness (or fullness) of a brew will affect your perception of its bitterness, and BV is a rough way of expressing that as a numerical value...

I hadn't really looked into BV but agree that it seems to be a better reference to use.