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I have been working on a Double IPA recipe, and am wondering why entering water volumes just seem to be arbitrary entered amounts. For instance, I choose my batch size, and specify kettle or fermenter. I then look at the quick water requirements, and enter my mash volumes. Again, these are arbitrary numbers that don't affect the recipe. As an example I entered 20 gallons for kicks. The ion report is adjusted for the stupid amount of water I entered, but the rest of the stats, ABV, IBU, SRM, OG, etc, are not affected. For the software to be more accurate, would it make sense for the mash water entered to dictate the boil volume batch size etc? I liken it to entering a crazy stupid amount of hops, but having the IBU's set as an arbitray number by me.
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