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The session tab for a recipe is a central area for recording the data collected during your brew session.  Here you can enter "measured" values from your mash, boil and fermentation and compare those against your estimated values.

 

Note: You must record and enter the measured values (boil volume, original gravity, batch size, final gravity) to get accurate measured calculations.

 

New: This tab now adjusts to show data relevant to the style of recipe - for example extract batches now show extract volumes, water needed and steep instructions instead of mash details.  For mead, wine and cider it also shows custom data relevant to making those beverages rather than generic beer data.

 

Near the top of the tab you can record the brew date and version for your recipe. Below that there is a button to "Clear Session Data" which will clear out the session data and reset the measured values to be equal to the estimated values.  Note that measured values are colored in yellow until you enter the actual value in and they will they turn white.  The "Clear Field" button lets you clear only the currently focused field without resetting the other session fields.

 

The "Mash Ph and Runnings" shows your estimated mash pH based on your grain bill and water selection as well as space to enter your measured pH and runnings gravity.  The "Mash Efficiency" section shows estimated post-mash gravity and space for your measured post mash gravity.

 

The sections on volumes into the boiler and fermenter are important as these affect the measured efficiency calculations (mash and brewhouse), so please measure and enter your volumes here.  Also important are the gravity measurements as these also factor into the various measured efficiency calculations as well as the measured alcohol contents.

 

The carbonation field shows carbonation additions (or pressure) based on your estimated and actual measured final volumes.  It is important to update your measured final bottling volume before adding carbonation sugar, for instance, or you risk over carbonating or under-carbonating your beer.

 

On the lower half you can enter fermentation readings including date, time and temperature and these will be displayed on the fermentation and aging graph to the right so you can compare your fermentation profile with the planned one.

 

Online Articles: Understanding Brewhouse Efficiency, Improving your Brewhouse Efficiency, Apparent and Real Attenuation Part 1, Part 2, Counting Calories in Beer, How to Keg your Beer, Beer Bottling Tips, Recipe Design Tab

 

Displaying the Session Tab

oOpen a recipe by double clicking on it
oClick on the Session tab a the top of the recipe window to view/edit your recipe fermentation details