I've used Beersmith on a 5 bbl system and a 15 bbl system for over 5 years. My advice to you would be to use it as a guideline for IBUs, but don't stress it. You're not going to brew the perfect beer on your first try anyways. You'll tweak it and tweak it and might find that a recipe for 35 IBUs is giving you the results you wanted when you generated a recipe for 20 IBUs. Hope that makes sense. Take good notes when you brew and you'll find what works best.
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