beer smith 2

[Dave-Leeds]

Does any1 use beer smith 2 for biab?

is it any good and is it easy enough to set equipment up etc

cheers

[alix101]

I use it for AG but many of the elements are the same can't fault it money well well spent.

[Mr. Dripping]

They offer a 21 day free trial...so give it a go. It's great software, and I'm pretty sure you'll be happy to pay for it. For what they charge it's a no brainier IMO

[Dave-Leeds]

Cheers guys

i registered for 21 day trial but dint use it much due to house move and it run out lol.

think ill give it a go for 15 quid

thanks

[flything]

I'm still using 1.3, is it worth upgrading?

[LeeH]

Try the 2.2 trail and see.

[jaberry]

Does any1 use beer smith 2 for biab?

is it any good and is it easy enough to set equipment up etc

cheers

I don't but I know the guys over at biabrewer advised them on the calcs for the BIAB setup details on it so should give you good results

[byronb]

I've been using it since my first BIAB (4 total) and it's been really useful. I copied the "Pot (18.5 Gal/70 L) - BIAB" equipment profile and changed the brewhouse efficiency, boil off, batch volume and loss to trub and chiller values.

Normally aiming for a 23 or 25L batch size, for my first BIAB I went with 60% efficiency, a 15L batch volume and high boil off value. This allowed me to learn some more realistic equipment settings and liquor back to reach my goal OG.

Still experimenting with the boil off value and so far I've needed to adjust efficiency between 62-72% depending on OG (lower efficiency at higher OG).