65 Litre BrewZilla Brewers Friend Equipment Profile

Ive never had much luck with brewers friend, but I havent really given it much time either. The profiles you are trying to look at are beersmith, I think you can get a free trial if you want to look at them, otherwise I can screenshot them if you like, it may work with brewers friend just to transfer them over, Im not sure. Cheers!

I cant do it right now, but will have a play for you maybe tomorrow.

That would be awesome! Cheers!

I just tried, and it seemed to be close for my recipe but its not intuitive, I made a recipe using the profile but I had to go in and change everything. Im hopeless with it.. Sorry I used these numbers. but had to change the strike water amount to 40L and sparge to 26L when I made the recipe. Its all a bit weird. I'll try and have another go later on. Cheers!

Boil Evaporation Rate
5
Liters / hr Amount of volume lost per hour during boil in quarts or liters. Typically 6 for wide kettles, and 4 for keggles. Electric elements tend to produce less. Also depends on how 'hard' you boil. Generally 4 - 5
Grain Absorption
0.96
Liters / kg How much water the mashed grains soak up. Generally 0.5 qt/lb, 1.0 L/kg
Hops Absorption
0.005
Liters / g How much wort the hops soak up. Generally 0.15 qt/oz, or 0.005 L/g Will be much less if you squeeze the hops bags.
Kettle Dead Space
2
Liters The amount of liquid (and gunk) left behind in your kettle in quarts or liters. Can be thought of as trub losses. Enter zero if you pour out your kettle.
Misc Losses
Liters A general catch all for misc losses, Generally 1 if anything
Cooling Shrinkage
4
% Volume lost when cooling wort from boiling to 68 °F / 20 °C, Generally 4%
Chilling Method Default wort chilling method. This option will be presented when you go to brew a recipe.

Altitude
0
Meters Equipment altitude (above sea level) affects water boiling temperature and sets Hops utilization factor in the recipe builder, you can use this site to check your altitude.
All Grain Brewing
Average Efficiency
72
% Default efficiency on the recipe editor. Bigger beers have lower efficiency. Generally 60% - 80%
Default Mash Thickness
1.5
Liters / kg Generally between 1.0-2.0 qt/lb or 2.0-4.0 L/kg See article on mashing thick or thin for more information.
Mash Water Unit Controls default setting for the 'mash water unit' option on the Brew page for users with their units set to US. The system requires metric users to mash in Liters.

Mash Tun Volume
55
Liters Mash tun volume in quarts or liters.
Mash Strike Heat Loss
3
°C How much heat is lost in your mash tun on initial infusion. Would be zero for HERMS/RIMS systems or a heated tun. Generally ~3° F, or ~1.6° C
Lauter Dead Space
1
Liters Amount of liquid left behind in your lauter/mash tun in quarts or liters. For fly spargers, enter the average amount left behind after rinsing.

Mash ratios need to get thrown out the window in one vessel systems most of the time, you just mash in with what works, so I use 40L for 10kg and you can go up and down from there depending on how much grain you use. All programs have a hard time with this because they rely on the ratio to work out things.
It doesnt matter which program or website I usually have to change the strike water amounts to what works instead of what they suggest.

Its to do with the dead space in the mash tun.. So some people will say the dead space is about 10L in the 65L machine, its actually called recoverable dead space because it gets used and not wasted. So they start with that and then add on the grain to water ratio amount. Sometimes the numbers just match up and it works.. like if you were using 10kg of grain 10x3=30 + 10L deadspace 40L sounds perfect, but say you used 15kg of grain in the next batch that would be 3x15=45L +10L... 55L strike water it wouldnt fit. Its becomes hard for programs because thats how they work. So I usuakky guestimate for the mash and if it needs more I can always add it, you'll work it out in a batch or two what you like and how much to use. Cheers!