
I’m happy to announce the release of our first open beta version of BeerSmith 2 for Linux. This is the first time BeerSmith has been available as a native program on the Linux platform. The Linux version is initially being released as an open beta for the community in preparation for formal release. The initial [...]

After my earlier post announcing BeerSmith 2, I received a lot of email asking when it would be available and how much it would cost. I’m pleased to announce both the BeerSmith 2 release date, pricing and also open up the preorder for those who wish to get a great discount on the next generation [...]

I’m happy to announce that BeerSmith 2.0 is well into its beta test phase, and the pre-order is now open. It took over three years and 55,000 lines of code to get to this point, but I wanted a solid foundation for the future of BeerSmith. I thought I would take a few minutes [...]

This week I took a few hours to enter the latest yeast and hops into BeerSmith for you instead of writing a blog article. Many of you have been asking for some of the newest hops and yeasts to be included in a data update – so here it is. First check your version – [...]

This week marks the third anniversary of the BeerSmith blog, which started on 14 Feb 2008. I thought I would mark the event by talking a bit about recent changes and also provide you a few of my favorite posts from the last year. It has been a big year for BeerSmith and the blog [...]

Just a quick (and final) note since I have a lot of you who follow the blog via RSS/Email – I released the “Home Brewing with BeerSmith” book last Wednesday! The book is a compilation of over 70 articles from the BeerSmith blog. Thanks to the community, it has been well received so far. Quite [...]

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This week we talk with two of my good blogging friends, Ron and Al from Hop Talk and also Alan Wright who is hosting the first ever Beer Blogger’s Conference. In a wide ranging discussion, we talk about beer blogging, Al’s experiment to drink 365 beers in a year and blog every day about it, [...]

I’ll keep this post short as I’ve already talked quite a bit about my new book that was just released. Its a collection of about 75 of the best articles on home brewing techniques and beer styles from the BeerSmith home brewing blog that will be available in paperback format and on the Kindle next [...]

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In the first episode of the BeerSmith Home Brewing podcast, I interview Chris Bowen of Arctic Alchemy as he walks us through a story of how a single bottle of beer on eBay led him to a nearly 4000 mile adventure across Canada to brew beer in the arctic! Chris gives a wide ranging interview [...]

I’ve had a lot of people ask me if there was any way to get a printed collection of the articles from the BeerSmith blog. Soon, the answer will be yes. I’m in the process of editing my first home brewing book titled “Home Brewing with BeerSmith” for publication in late October. I’m really excited [...]