Split Batch vs. Transfer to a New Tank

The Problem

You have 40 hL of base beer and you want to send 10 hL of it somewhere else. BarSight gives you two ways to do that: Split Batch and a Transfer Volume into a New Tank. They both end with beer in a second tank, so it's easy to pick the wrong one.

The Solution

The question is whether the beer is still the same beer. If the portion is going to become a different product (a sour, a barrel-aged version, a fruited variant), split it. If it's the same beer that just needs a second tank, transfer it.

Split Batch: a new product

• Creates a new batch with its own batch number, product, and recipe.
• Takes the volume out of the tank you choose on the parent.
• Carries over a share of the parent's ingredient cost at the moment you split. After that, each batch tracks its own ingredients.
• The new batch has its own steps, ingredients, packaging, and history.
• Can be reversed with Undo Batch Split as long as nothing has been done on the new batch.

Transfer to a New Tank: the same beer

• Stays in the same batch. BarSight adds a "Transfer" step for the tank you pick.
• The batch keeps its product, recipe, and batch number.
• You package from either tank under the one batch.

How to Use It

1. Open the batch and find the tank holding the beer.
2. To make a new product, click Blend / Split on that tank and choose Split Batch. Pick a product and recipe, set the volume, and save.
3. To keep the same beer, click Transfer on that tank instead. Enter the Volume, choose the New Tank pill, and select the tank.
4. Click Transfer.

[SCREENSHOT: Transfer Volume form with the New Tank pill selected]

Pro Tip

Not sure yet? Transfer first. A transfer keeps everything in one batch, and you can still split the volume off into its own batch later from the tank's Blend / Split menu.

Learn More

See Undo Batch Split for reversing a split, and Partial Tank Transfers for moving beer into serving vessels.