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I just started a new recipe and found some new stuff in the Boil Size arena. Two questions:
- What the heck is it and what is it calculating? The help on the item is very unclear. If this item is set.... What item?
- Why do we need it? In other words, what was wrong with just the batch and boil size numbers. If I think about it really hard (and I don't want to), I can imagine what this is attempting to do: If I'm losing wort from the kettle to the fermentor, then my "end boil size" would affect OG and IBUs. Can I humbly suggest that, for those of us not interested in scientific precision in our brewing, that we can hide that "post" field and Calc button?
In the past, if I'm interpreting the field correctly, this loss was accounted for in the Kettle losses in the defaults. If this is calculated from the defaults, I can see having it.... I don't see it as an improvement in the software.
- What the heck is it and what is it calculating? The help on the item is very unclear. If this item is set.... What item?
- Why do we need it? In other words, what was wrong with just the batch and boil size numbers. If I think about it really hard (and I don't want to), I can imagine what this is attempting to do: If I'm losing wort from the kettle to the fermentor, then my "end boil size" would affect OG and IBUs. Can I humbly suggest that, for those of us not interested in scientific precision in our brewing, that we can hide that "post" field and Calc button?
In the past, if I'm interpreting the field correctly, this loss was accounted for in the Kettle losses in the defaults. If this is calculated from the defaults, I can see having it.... I don't see it as an improvement in the software.