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- Sep 5, 2016
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BF seems to be geared to the 3-teir conventional brewer. I'd like to see more BIAB-specific features. For example, why must I enter both a "mash complete" and "preboil gravity"? They are the same thing in BIAB. There are at 1 or 2 additional gravity calculations that are unnecessary/duplicates for us BIABers but I can't remember what those are at the moment.
The "Mash calculator" in the recipe builder is quite confusing for new-ish AG brewers. Since I BIAB, I do not need to see options for "mash thickness." I only need volume. There were a couple of occasions where I clicked "volume" instead of mash thickness and neglected to change the volume to full BIAB (7-ish gallons versus 3-ish) resulting in a strike water requirement of 168 which is way too high. Early on, I was ignorant enough to simply follow the calculation which resulted in a couple of stuck fermentations.
BF ought to have some sort of option to simply remove all non-BIAB options for those of us who BIAB.
Also, I'd love to have a way of permanently adding brew steps to all recipes, globally. For example, I can make an entry for individual recipes to "insert stir paddle" (I use a paint stirrer to chill wort faster) at the same time that I insert my immersion chiller to sterilize. I forget to do that every other brew.
Oh, and if you guys could get the brew sessions to synch between the Android app and website, that would be cool. That hasn't worked for me for months now.
Thanks!
The "Mash calculator" in the recipe builder is quite confusing for new-ish AG brewers. Since I BIAB, I do not need to see options for "mash thickness." I only need volume. There were a couple of occasions where I clicked "volume" instead of mash thickness and neglected to change the volume to full BIAB (7-ish gallons versus 3-ish) resulting in a strike water requirement of 168 which is way too high. Early on, I was ignorant enough to simply follow the calculation which resulted in a couple of stuck fermentations.
BF ought to have some sort of option to simply remove all non-BIAB options for those of us who BIAB.
Also, I'd love to have a way of permanently adding brew steps to all recipes, globally. For example, I can make an entry for individual recipes to "insert stir paddle" (I use a paint stirrer to chill wort faster) at the same time that I insert my immersion chiller to sterilize. I forget to do that every other brew.
Oh, and if you guys could get the brew sessions to synch between the Android app and website, that would be cool. That hasn't worked for me for months now.
Thanks!