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Description

The units page of the options dialog lets you set the display units used throughout BeerSmith tools and views to show all units.

Note: Units are used only in the display and entry of recipes and other data.  Items are automatically converted to these units when displayed.  The underlying items do not change as units are altered.

Use

bulletSelect the Units tab on the Options dialog.
bulletUse the drop down list boxes to change individual units.
bulletUse the Set units to... buttons at the bottom of the dialog to change all of the units at once to US English, Metric,  or Imperial measures.

Dialog Description

bulletBatch Size - The units used to measure a batch of beer or other large volume.
bulletGrain/Extract - Units used to measure and display grains, sugars and extracts.
bulletHops - Units used to measure hops or other small quantity weights.
bulletYeast - Units used in measuring yeast starters.
bulletMash Volumes - Units used for measuring mash volumes and water to grain ratios.
bulletTemperature - Units for measuring temperature.
bulletPressure - Units used to measure CO2 carbonation pressures for kegging.
bulletSpecific Gravity - Units used to measure specific gravity.  The most common is the SG scale (1.000 is water).
bulletColor Units - Units used to measure grain and beer color.  May be SRM (Lovibond) or EBC.  See the technical note on color for more information.
bulletIngredient Increments - Displayed next to a measure such as Batch Size.  These are the increments used to increment or decrement the size of ingredients in recipe view when the Increase Amount and Decrement Amount buttons are pressed.
bulletBoil Time Increment - The number of minutes to add or subtract from the boil time when hop times are adjusted in the ingredients list of the recipe view.
bulletSet Units to English (US) - Changes all of the unit settings to match United States English measures.
bulletSet Units to Metric - Changes all of the unit settings to metric measures.
bulletSet Units to English (Imperial) - Changes all of the unit settings to Imperial English (i.e. Imperial gallons, Imperial quarts).

 

 
 
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