Here is another question. BrickBrewHouse was kind enough to provide me with a copy of the calculator that has Gallons, Ounces and such. Ive had a chance to play around and get a feel for how it works, very cool! I'm math/computer and spreadsheet challenged, but I think Ive got it. If I wanted to brew up a batch of Amarillo APA for instance. Id start with.....
1. How much beer I want to end up with after fermentation.
2. Pot dimentions.
3. The recipe including: Starting Gravity, Grain bill with amounts, hops with amounts and times.
If I understand correctly, I can plug ingredients and amounts from this APA recipe into this calculator, and the calculator will adjust volumes of water, grain, and hops for my setup, and final amounts.
Am I doing it correctly?
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But I agree, the terminology can be confusing/daunting/misleading, everything that brewers should try to avoid. I really appreciate the efforts that BIABrewer.info has taken to keep terminology consistent. I think if you study up on the terminology used on this forum, you'll find that everyone does a good job at keeping things clear. I think this stems from the work folks have done in creating the original Calculator and defining each step of the brewing process.