BeerSmith Brewing Features Tour - Part 2
BeerSmith Brewing Software supports the full range of home and
professional beer brewers - including the intermediate partial-mash brewer.
In this section we will introduce some more advanced features like mash
profiles, multiple brewing equipment setups and the brew log.
See Also:
BeerSmith Tour Part 1 |
BeerSmith Tour Part 3 |
Version 1.4 Features |
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Full Support for Partial Mashing
BeerSmith fully supports parital-mash brews, including the generation of
step-by-step instructions for your recipe generated automatically. Even
better you can easily convert between extract,
partial mash and all grain recipes automatically.
Recipe View - Makes it easy to create your own partial mash
recipes!
Partial Mashing Made Easy
BeerSmith comes with an extensive database of complete mashing profiles.
All you need to do to use a mash profile is select it from the list!
BeerSmith will match the mash profile to your ingredients and equipment and can
even print out a detailed set of step-by-step mashing instructions. To
change your profile - just select a new one from the list. You can even
create your own custom mash profiles.
Click on the Choose button to change your mash profile.
The mash profile list comes with an extensive set of pre-made mash profiles.
Infusion, temperature and decoction mashing is fully supported, and you can
easily create new custom profiles of your own.
Mash Profiles - are automatically adjusted to your recipe!
Equipment Profiles
One real challenge for the Partial Mash brewer is the fact that
you may have a mix of all-grain and extract brewing equipment. To make
great beer, you need to be able to take into account your actual equipment.
BeerSmith has a database of equipment profiles that can be easily customized to
match your exact setup. The equipment settings are used throughout the
program to match style, bitterness, adjust mash temperatures, and generate
step-by-step brewing instructions. You can use this equipment profile to
convert all grain or extract recipes to partial
mash brewing.
A sample equipment profile
Match your Beer Style
BeerSmith lets you match the target beer style. Just pick
the target style from the beer style table, and BeerSmith automatically compares
estimated gravity, color and bitterness for your recipe against the style guide.
Items are bolded if they do not match the style guideline.
This profile is constantly updated as you build your recipe
Easy Recipe Scaling
BeerSmith makes quick work of changing the size of any recipe.
Quickly go from 5 gallons to 10 gallons. Adjust the grains to match your
own brewhouse efficiency. You can even specify the equipment profile if
you want more precise recipe scaling to match your exact equipment setup.
Click on the Scale Recipe button to scale by size,
efficiency or equipment!
Over a Dozen Tools and Converters
In addition to the recipe support, BeerSmith contains a full
suite of standalone brewing tools and converters for doing common brewing
calculations. These include strike/infusion calculators, water profilers,
decoction, bitterness, alcohol/attenuation, beer carbonation, dilution, water
needed, refractometer calculation, weight to volume and a variety of unit
conversions.
You can navigate to any of these tools with a single click, and
all of the values are remembered as you move from one window to another. I
also note that BeerSmith fully supports metric and english measurements
throughout.
The Conversion Tool makes
quick work of converting any recipe to an extract recipe.
Brew Log
BeerSmith lets you keep a record of your previous brews.
Just click on the Copy to Brew Log button and a complete copy of the
current recipe is saved in your Brew Log folder for future reference.
The Brew Log stores brewed recipes for future reference!
Continue With:
BeerSmith Tour Part 1 |
BeerSmith Tour Part 3 |
Version 1.4 Features |
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