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Foreword 7

Part I Welcome to BeerSmith! 9................................................................................................................................... 91 Getting Started

................................................................................................................................... 102 What's New

................................................................................................................................... 123 Frequently Asked Questions

................................................................................................................................... 144 Online Resources

................................................................................................................................... 145 Building a Recipe

.......................................................................................................................................................... 15Creating Your First Recipe

.......................................................................................................................................................... 16Recipe Des ign Tab

.......................................................................................................................................................... 17Yeast Starter Tab

.......................................................................................................................................................... 18Mash Details Tab

.......................................................................................................................................................... 18Timer Tab

.......................................................................................................................................................... 19Fermentation Tab

.......................................................................................................................................................... 19Water Volumes Tab

.......................................................................................................................................................... 20Notes Tab

.......................................................................................................................................................... 20Brew Steps (the Brew Sheet)

.......................................................................................................................................................... 20Recipe Set as Default

................................................................................................................................... 216 Finding Your Way Around BeerSmith

.......................................................................................................................................................... 21Activating BeerSmith

.......................................................................................................................................................... 22Tabbed and Windowed Browsing

.......................................................................................................................................................... 23My Recipes and Folders

.......................................................................................................................................................... 24Editing Functions

.......................................................................................................................................................... 24Reports

.......................................................................................................................................................... 25Printing and Previewing

.......................................................................................................................................................... 26Automatic Unit Conversion

.......................................................................................................................................................... 26Customizing Columns

................................................................................................................................... 277 Scaling and Adjusting Recipes

.......................................................................................................................................................... 27Scaling the Size of a Recipe

.......................................................................................................................................................... 27Converting a Recipe

.......................................................................................................................................................... 28Adjusting Gravity for a Recipe

.......................................................................................................................................................... 28Adjusting Bitterness of a Recipe

.......................................................................................................................................................... 28Adjusting Color of a Recipe

................................................................................................................................... 298 Shopping and Inventory

.......................................................................................................................................................... 29Understanding Inventory Management

.......................................................................................................................................................... 30Shopping List

.......................................................................................................................................................... 31Inventory................................................................................................................................... 329 Using Profiles and Styles

.......................................................................................................................................................... 32Styles

.......................................................................................................................................................... 32Equipment Profiles

.......................................................................................................................................................... 34Mash Profiles

.......................................................................................................................................................... 35Carbonation Profiles

.......................................................................................................................................................... 36Fermentation Profiles

................................................................................................................................... 3610 Adding Custom Ingredients

.......................................................................................................................................................... 37Hops

.......................................................................................................................................................... 37Grains and Sugars
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.......................................................................................................................................................... 38Yeast

.......................................................................................................................................................... 39Miscellaneous Ingredients

.......................................................................................................................................................... 40Water

................................................................................................................................... 4011 The BeerSmith Cloud

.......................................................................................................................................................... 41BeerSmithRecipes.com

................................................................................................................................... 4312 Importing and Exporting Files.......................................................................................................................................................... 43Using the Import Wizard

.......................................................................................................................................................... 44Opening a File

.......................................................................................................................................................... 45Export All

.......................................................................................................................................................... 46Export Selected Items

................................................................................................................................... 4713 Calendar and Notes

.......................................................................................................................................................... 47Notes

.......................................................................................................................................................... 47Calendar

................................................................................................................................... 4814 Brewing Tools

.......................................................................................................................................................... 48Water Profiler

.......................................................................................................................................................... 49Infusion Tool

.......................................................................................................................................................... 50Decoction Tool

.......................................................................................................................................................... 50Mash Adjustment Tool

.......................................................................................................................................................... 51Yeast Starter Tool

.......................................................................................................................................................... 52Hydrometer Temperature Tool

.......................................................................................................................................................... 52Refractometer Tool

.......................................................................................................................................................... 53Percent Alcohol Tool

.......................................................................................................................................................... 54Hop Bitterness Tool

.......................................................................................................................................................... 54Hop Age Tool

.......................................................................................................................................................... 54Boil Off Tool

.......................................................................................................................................................... 55Water Needed Tool

.......................................................................................................................................................... 55Dilution Tool

.......................................................................................................................................................... 55Weight-Volume Tool

.......................................................................................................................................................... 56Carbonation Tool

................................................................................................................................... 5615 Unit Conversion Tools

.......................................................................................................................................................... 57Tempe rature Units

.......................................................................................................................................................... 57Gravity Units

.......................................................................................................................................................... 57Pressure Units

.......................................................................................................................................................... 57Weight Units

.......................................................................................................................................................... 58Volume Units

................................................................................................................................... 5816 Options

.......................................................................................................................................................... 58Brewing Options

.......................................................................................................................................................... 59Units

.......................................................................................................................................................... 59Bitterness

.......................................................................................................................................................... 60Refractometer

.......................................................................................................................................................... 60Yeast Starter

.......................................................................................................................................................... 61Advanced

.......................................................................................................................................................... 62Look and Feel

.......................................................................................................................................................... 62Custom Reports

.......................................................................................................................................................... 65Cloud Options

................................................................................................................................... 6517 Help and Product Activation

.......................................................................................................................................................... 66Recover ing a Lost Product Key

.......................................................................................................................................................... 66Add-ons

.......................................................................................................................................................... 67Checking for Updates

.......................................................................................................................................................... 67About BeerSmith

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1 Welcome to BeerSmith!

Need help with BeerSmith?

New to BeerSmith?

o Getting Started

o Act ivating BeerSmith

o Setting Units to Metric/Imperial

o Creating your Equipment Profile

o Creating your First Recipe

o Finding your Way Around BeerSmith

o Frequently Asked Questions

Upgrading from Version 1.x?

o What's New in Version 2.0?

o Tabbed and Windowed Browsing

o Importing and Exporting Files

Using BeerSmith

o Tabbed and Windowed Browsing

o Creating your Equipment Profile

o Building a Recipe

o Scaling and Adjusting Recipes

o The BeerSmith Recipe Cloud

o Using Profiles and Styles

o Adding Custom Ingredients

o Shopping and Inventoryo Calendar and Notes

o Brewing Tools

o Unit Conversion Tools

o Help and Product Act ivation

Online BeerSmith Support

o BeerSmith Support Page

o Video Tutorials

o Discussion Forum

o Recipe Archive

o BeerSmith Main Page

Online Articles, Reference and Podcast

o BeerSmith Blog

o BeerSmith Podcast

o Weekly Newsletter

o Home Brewing with BeerSmith Book

o BrewWiki Encyclopedia

o BeerSmith Guide Article Index

Advanced Topics

o Recovering a Lost Product Key

o Changing the Look and Feel

o Options/Preferences

o Understanding Inventory Management

o Converting a Recipe

o Custom Reports

1.1 Getting Started

BeerSmith 2 offers a ton of features for the home brewer and professional brewer alike.

This getting started guide is intended to help you get up to speed quickly, even if you have never brewed

before.

Activation and Trial Versions

o BeerSmith has a 21 day trial period (no activation required), after that you must purchase a key to

continue to use BeerSmithunless you have already purchased BeerSmith 2. Exis ting users mayupgrade by purchasing a key for BeerSmith 2. Once you have your key you canAct ivateBeerSmithto permanently register your copy.
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Key Features for Building Recipes

o Most of time with BeerSmith will likely be spent designing and editing recipes. This is done from

the My Recipes Viewwhich is displayed when you first enter BeerSmith.o You can add a new recipe to your My Recipes folder by clicking on the Add RecipeButton on the

ribbon which opens the recipe design editorin a new tab.o There is a tutorial on creating your first recipe here. BeerSmith comes pre-loaded with the most

common brewing ingredientsso it is a matter of choosing the ones you want in the recipe designtaband adjusting the amounts to create a new recipe.

o Once you are done with your recipe you can save it by pressing the OK button

o We also have video tutorials on creating recipes here.

Creating an Equipment Profile

o To best use BeerSmith, it is important that you create a personal equipment profileto match your

particular set of brewing equipmento The process only takes a few minutes - but using an accurate equipment profile within your recipes

will improve your results. Equipment can also be used to more quickly and accurately scale and

adapt sample recipesthat came with BeerSmith or you downloaded from the internet.

More Advanced Recipe Features

o The recipe editor also has tabs for yeast starters, mash details, fermentationand notes.

o In addition you can print step-by-step instructionsfor the recipe you just created

o You can use the buttons on the ribbon to quickly scale and adjust your recipe

o You can also add your own ingredientsto the list of pre-loaded ones

o You can import and export recipesand other data from the internet to share your recipes with

friends, and scale imported recipesto match your personal equipment

Standalone Tools and Unit Converters

o BeerSmith comes with 15 stand-alone toolsto perform the most common brewing calculationso It also has unit conversion toolsfor converting between different unit systems, and you can even do

unit conversions and simple calculations in any field

Shopping, Inventory, Calendar and Notes

o BeerSmith includes a shopping cartto make your personal shopping list for the next trip to the

store. You can even add all the ingredients for a recipe to the shopping cart in one click using theAdd to Cartbutton from the open recipe.

o The shopping cart and recipes are integrated with the inventory view- for easy inventory

management.o A brewing calendarand notesfeature lets you track and schedule your brewing sessions and

brewing events.

1.2 What's New

BeerSmith 2 has been redesigned from the ground up to make it easier to navigate and use.

New in BeerSmith 2.1

o BeerSmith 2.1 has two major changes as well as a number of smaller updates included.

o The BeerSmith Cloudfolder is the most significant change. It allows internet connected computers
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to share recipes via a cloud folder - so you can work from more than one computer. It also is tightlyintegrated with our new web site at BeerSmithRecipes.comso you can share a recipe with thecommunity and search from thousands of recipes others have created.

o The new Brewday Timeris the second major new feature. It gives you a mash/steep and boil timer

for brewing your beer. It displays step-by-step instructions for these two critical stages with an

integrated timer and alarm to tell you when to add the next major ingredient additions or steps.

New Look and Feel

o The entire program was rewritten from the ground up to support tabbed and windowed browsing-

making it easier to work with multiple recipes and tools.o You can open recipes, tools and other views in either a new tab or window

o A ribbon and integrated toolbars make all of the functions and tools more accessible

o Themes allow you to customize the look and feelof the program

Macintosh Support

o BeerSmith 2 is now available for the Macintosh, and both versions have compatible file formats and

are nearly identical

New Recipe Design Tab

o The recipe design processwas also redesigned from scratch

o A beer glass shows you the color of the beer in real-time as you add new ingredients

o The style guide comparison includes graphical bars to show which items are in or out of style

o The expanded ingredient display can be sorted and now shows the current inventory of each item

o A section is dedicated to user selectable fields - rather than fixing a few fields in the display we let

you choose the ones you want most when designing a recipeo You can now adjust grain percentages using the Grain Adj button next to the ingredients list

New Recipe Tabs

o Within the recipe editor, we've added tabs to help you focus on individual pieces of the brewing

process including extended session datao The Yeast Starter Tabcan help you estimate the right size yeast starter to use with your liquid

yeasto The Mash Details Tablets you adjust and record details of your mash session - and includes a

visual graph of the mash processo A Fermentation Tabhelps you manage fermentation, bottling and aging details.

Brew in a Bag Support

o We now have mash profiles to automatically support Brew-in-a-bag (BIAB) brewing

Profiles for Carbonation and Fermentation

o BeerSmith recipes now support profiles for both carbonationand fermentation, making it easy to

select the perfect bottling and aging profile to match your beer.

New Data Format

o BeerSmith now uses *.bsmx format files, an extended XML format that is easier to extend and add

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o BeerSmith can still freely import and exportBeerSmith 1.x (*.bsm) files as well as BeerXML open

format recipe files

New Tools

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A new Yeast Starter Toolwill calculate your yeast starter sizeo The Water Profile Toolnow has a button that will calculate the ideal water additions to match a

given target water profileo A number of other toolshave been updated, revised and improved

New Add-ons

o The new add-on toollets you download and manage ingredient and recipe add-on packs from the

BeerSmith website

1.3 Frequently Asked Questions

Some of the most commonly asked questions are locate here.

Note: Our Online FAQis updated frequently and may have the latest answer to your questions

See Also: BeerSmith Help, Online Resources, BeerSmith Support Page, BeerSmith Videos, BeerSmithDiscussion Forum, BeerSmith Blog/Podcast

BeerSmith seems complicated - how can I get started?

o See our Getting Startedpage for some of the first steps you should take

o A lot of people enjoy watching the video tutorialswhich explain how to perform common operations

in BeerSmith

Can I install BeerSmith on more than one computer?

o A single key allows you to install BeerSmith on up to two computers for your personal use. So you

can, for example, install your copy to your laptop and desktop computer. You should not, however,share your key with a friend.

o Be sure to use the same email address when activatingyour copies of BeerSmith

I'm Receiving a Warning from my Antivirus Program When I Install BeerSmith 2

o BeerSmith 2 is a new program, so some antivirus programs have flagged it incorrectly

o Please see this pageon how you can help us correct these false-positive reports

My computer died or I lost my key and I need to reinstall...

o Download the latest version of BeerSmith from BeerSmith.como Your key should be on the original email receipt you received when you ordered or in the inside front

cover of your CD if you purchased a CD.o If you no longer have your key, use the Recover Key commandon the help menu or ribbon to

recover your key. If your copy is expired when you reinstall, there is a link to the recover keycommand on the activation screen.

Where can I learn more about homebrewing?

o BeerSmith has one of the largest collection of articles about homebrewing on the web including the
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BeerSmith Blog and Podcast, BeerSmith Discussion Forumand our weekly newsletter.

Can I convert/change units to metric/english/imperial units?

o You can change your default units to Metric, Imperial, or English from the Options Dialog, Units

Page. You can also do in-place unit conversionsfor any field of the same type by entering the unitsafter any number.

How can I transfer my data to another computer or share recipes?

o You can transfer recipes using the Export Allcommand to export your My Recipesview and then

open the file on the other computer.

How do I import recipes sent or downloaded from the internet?

o Open the fileand then copy/pastethe recipes you want to keep into your My Recipes folder.

o You can download and import sets of BeerSmith recipes from our BeerSmith Recipe Collection.

I'm having a problem with BeerSmitho Please visit our main support page onlinefor the latest patches, videos, add-ons, discussion forum

and help using BeerSmith

Is BeerSmith available for the Macintosh?

o BeerSmith 2.0 is now available for the Macintosh computer from BeerSmith.com

Where can I download more recipes for BeerSmith?

o Two popular places to get BeerSmith recipes include our Recipes Archiveand Discussion Forum

o SeeOpening a Filefor details on how to open and import new recipes in different formats

How do I customize my equipment settings?

o This is a critical first step - as you really need to have your own equipment profile to properly design

recipeso See the article on Equipment Profilesfor a field-by-field description of building your own equipment

profile

How can I change the defaults for creating a new recipe?

o Use the Set Default Recipecommand

What is your upgrade policy?

o All minor version upgrades (2.0, 2.1, 2.2, etc... ) are free. Major upgrades (3.0, 4.0, 5.0) will requirea new registration or upgrade fee

Does BeerSmith run on Linux?

o Some users have had success running BeerSmith under Wine. I am considering a pure Linux

release as a possibility for future upgrades.

Why does BeerSmith calculate a different bitterness (IBU) value than program/
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spreadsheet X?

o BeerSmith uses the Tinseth hop equation to estimate bitterness by default. Many others use

Rager. You can change the hop equation used from the Options Dialog, Bitterness Tabo Also - make sure your equipment profile is properly set up as these can affect the bitterness

calculation

I'm having problems with Printing/Print preview margins?

o On the PC version, all Text and HTML report formats (including recipes) are printed using an internet

explorer plugin, so if you are having printing problems or want to adjust certain settings such asmargins or headers please check your internet explorer settings first

Where can I get more help?

o In addition to the help included with BeerSmith, we run an extensive set of Online Resources

including our Support Page, Discussion Forum, Videosand Blog/Podcast.o If you can't find what you are looking for, often posting a message to the discussion forumis a quick

way to get an answer

1.4 Online Resources

BeerSmith has one of the most extensive collections of online resources and communities both tosupport BeerSmith software and the brewing community in general.

BeerSmith Support Resources Online

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BeerSmith Support Page- The central hub for BeerSmith supporto Discussion Forum- Discuss brewing, BeerSmith and get your questions answered by our online

communityo Video Tutorials- Videos showing you how to use BeerSmith 2

o Recipe Archive- Download BeerSmith recipes

o BeerSmith Main Page- Download the latest version and get the latest news

BeerSmith Home Brewing Articles, Podcast, References

o BeerSmith Blog- Dozens of articles and our podcast on home brewing

o BeerSmith Podcast- Interviews with top brewers from around the world

o Newsletter- Get weekly articles on home brewing for free

o Home Brewing with BeerSmith- My collection of home brewing articles - printed as a book onAmazon

o BrewWiki- Brewing encyclopedia and Wiki you can add articles to

o BeerSmith Guide- An index of over 100 articles on brewing

1.5 Building a Recipe

BeerSmith 2 has a very extensive set of tools for designing recipes as well as new tabs for recordingmany of the details of your brewing session. Virtually every aspect of the recipe design process andbrewing process has been improved.
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See Also: Scaling and Adjusting Recipes, Finding your Way Around BeerSmith, Using Profiles andStylesandAdding Custom Ingredients

Online Articles: BeerSmith Guide, Recipe Design, Hop Bitterness, Beer Color, Hop Techniques,

Mashing Techniques, Understanding Brewhouse Efficiency, Partial Mash Brewing, Beer Style Articles

Recipe Design and Editing Topics

o Creating your First Recipe

o Recipe Design Tab

o Yeast Starter Tab

o Mash Details Tab

o Timer Tab

o Fermentation Tab

o Water Volumes Tab

o Notes Tab

o Brew Steps

o Recipe Set as Default Option

1.5.1 Creating Your First Recipe

This is intended as a simple tutorial on creating a recipe. The basic process is to choose yourequipment and the beer style you are targeting, then start adding ingredients. BeerSmith will update theestimates for bitterness, color, etc as you go.

If you are brewing all-grain or partial mash you can also select a mash profile for your beer, and allbrewers can select their carbonation method and fermentation profile using the buttons below the styleguide.

See Also: Recipe Design Tab, Scaling and Adjusting Recipes, Finding your Way Around BeerSmith,

Using Profiles and StylesandAdding Custom Ingredients

Online Articles: BeerSmith Guide, Recipe Design, Hop Bitterness, Beer Color, Hop Techniques,Mashing Techniques, Understanding Brewhouse Efficiency, Partial Mash Brewing, Beer Style Articles

Creating a New Recipe

o Open a new recipe by clicking on the Add Recipebutton from My Recipesview. An empty recipe

will open in a new tab.o Enter the name of your recipe, your name as the brewer and pick the type of recipe you want to

create (all-grain, extract or partial-mash)o Choose your equipment profile by clicking on the equipment name button. If you have not already

done so, it is recommended you set up an equipment profileto match your particular set of brewingequipment. This should populate the batch size, efficiency and boil size fields.

o In the style guide section, select a target style for your beer by clicking on the Stylename

o If you are an all grain or partial mash brewer, select the Mash profilefor your beer by clicking on

the mash name - if you are a beginning all grain brewer, I recommend you choose the "SingleInfusion, Medium Body, No Mash Out" profile. See Mash Profilesfor more details on availableprofiles.

o Start adding ingredients to your beer using the various "Add" buttons next to the ingredient list. As

you add ingredients the color of the beer glass icon and estimated original gravity, bitterness andcolor will be adjusted. These numbers will continuously be compared to the style you selected and
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displayed on scale below the ingredients.o You can select your carbonation (bottling/kegging) method and fermentation aging profile to match

your beer near the bottom of the dialogo Press OKto save your recipe, or Cancelto abandon it.

1.5.2 Recipe Design TabThe recipe design tool is the central area for building new beer recipes. It is intended to allow you toquickly select a set of ingredients and see instantly how it affects your beer. You can perform all of thesteps to build your recipe from this single tab. The other tabs (yeast starter, mash details, fermentation)are used to detail and record your brewing process - but the recipe design takes place here.

Recipe design can be a complex process. For details on making better recipes, see the articles referredto below. For the basics, follow the process shown below.

See Also: Scaling and Adjusting Recipes, Finding your Way Around BeerSmith, Using Profiles andStylesandAdding Custom Ingredients

Online Articles: BeerSmith Guide, Recipe Design, Hop Bitterness, Beer Color, Hop Techniques,Mashing Techniques, Understanding Brewhouse Efficiency, Partial Mash Brewing, Beer Style Articles

Recommended Recipe Design Process

o Open a new recipe by clicking on the Add Recipebutton from My Recipesview.

o The Recipe Designtab will be selected by default

o Enter the name of your recipe, your name as the brewer and pick the type of recipe you want to

create (all-grain, extract or partial-mash)o Choose your equipment profile by clicking on the equipment name button. If you have not already

done so, it is recommended you set up an equipment profileto match your particular set of brewingequipment. This should populate the batch size, efficiency and boil size fields.

o In the style guide section, select a target style for your beer by clicking on the Stylename

o If you are an all grain or partial mash brewer, select the Mash profilefor your beer by clicking onthe mash name - if you are a beginning all grain brewer, I recommend you choose the "SingleInfusion, Medium Body, No Mash Out" profile. See Mash Profilesfor more details on availableprofiles.

o Start adding ingredients to your beer using the various "Add" buttons next to the ingredient list. As

you add ingredients the color of the beer glass icon and estimated original gravity, bitterness andcolor will be adjusted. These numbers will continuously be compared to the style you selected anddisplayed on scale below the ingredients.

o You can select your carbonation (bottling/kegging) method and aging profile to match your beer near

the bottom of the dialog

Customizing your Display

o In the bottom right of the design view you can customize your display using dozens of recipe fieldsusing the Select Fieldsbutton

Adjusting Grain Percentages

o Click the Grain Pctbutton next to the ingredients list

o Adjust the recipe grain percentages until the total is 100% and press OK - BeerSmith will adjust the

weights of the grains to match your percentages
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Adding a Picture

o You can use the "+" and "X" buttons to the right of the beer glass icon to add your own thumbnail

picture (or delete it) of your brew

1.5.3 Yeast Starter Tab

The yeast starter tab is primarily designed to help you calculate the proper size of a yeast starterneeded if using liquid yeast. Note that yeast starters are rarely needed with dry yeast as it merelyneeds to be hydrated before use. See the online articles below for additional details.

Generally a yeast starter is created 12-24 hours before brewing, and is made from dry malt extractboiled with water and then cooled to room temperature. The recommended target gravity for a yeaststarter is 1.036 SG.

The top right section shows the yeast packages currently in your recipe. This list shows the viability ofeach yeast package and estimated number of viable cells in that package. The average large smackpack/vial of liquid yeast has approximately 100 billion viable cells when new and the small smack packscontain only about 20 billion cells.

To get an accurate viability reading, be sure to edit each yeast and enter the production date for theyeast packet.

On the left side, the tool shows an estimate of the yeast cells needed. This is based on the type ofrecipe, batch size and pitch rate setting which can be adjusted in the Yeast Options dialogif desired.Below that is the estimated number of yeast cells in your recipe if you use no starter at all.

Under the "Yeast Starter Used" section, you can enter the size of starter you intend to use and checkthe box if you are using a stir plate. Note that stir plates significantly increase growth rates for youryeast starter, and are recommended. Once you have entered a yeast starter size, the tool will show theestimate of how many cells you have using the starter. If it is too few you can either increase the starter

size or the number of packages of yeast.

Along the bottom of the tool is the recommended number of packages and starter size. Notethat thestarter size may be different than your starter size if you are not using the recommended number ofyeast packs shown.

Finally on the bottom right the calculator will estimate the number of dry yeast packets (large 11.5 gramones) to use and hydration needed for those yeast packets.

Note: The recommended liquid starter and yeast starter used numbers will not match up with theactuals unless you use the recommended number of yeast packets and recommended yeast startersize.

See Also: Yeast Starter Options, Yeast Starter Tool

Online Articles: Yeast Starters Part 1, Yeast Starters Part 2, Making a Yeast Starter, Beer Yeast andFermentation, Chris White Podcast, Chris White Interview

Displaying the Yeast StarterTab

o Open a recipe by double clicking on it

o Click on theYeast Starter tab a the top of the recipe window to view/edit your recipe yeast starter

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1.5.4 Mash Details Tab

The mash details tab is used to display details of the mash steps used for all-grain and partial mashbrewers. It is disabled (greyed) for extract brewers since they do not mash.

In the top half of the display you can select your mash profile, adjust your mash profile to match yourequipment and edit the mash steps. To the right is the mash profile displayed graphically, and belowthe mash profile you have the sparge step and volume displayed.

In the bottom half you can adjust starting conditions for your mash (grain and mash tun temperature),take a look at the estimated volume needed to support your mash profile (and compare it to your tunvolume!), record the mash pH and end of running gravity (if desired - purely optional), and record yourvolumes and gravity into the boiler. If you enter your measured boil volume and boil starting gravity it willalso calculate the actual mash efficiency.

Note: The mash efficiency is not the same as the brewhouse efficiency - brewhouse efficiency includesall losses between mashing and the fermenter while mash efficiency includes only losses in the mashprocess itself

Online Articles: Infusion Mashing, Mash Steps for All Grain, Partial Mashing, Decoction Mashing,Infusion Mashing and Decoction, Batch Sparging Guide, Brew in a Bag Techniques, Brew in a BagPodcast

Displaying the Mash Details Tab


o Click on the Mash Details tab a the top of the recipe window to view/edit your recipe mash details

1.5.5 Timer Tab

The brewday timer tab is a new feature added in BeerSmith 2.1. It gives you a simple timer for mashing/steeping and also a separate boil timer. Below the timer are step-by-step instructions that scroll as youbrew to show the next steps. It also has a built in alarm to tell you when major events occur.

See Also: Brewing Options

Displaying the Timer Tab


o Click on the Timer tab button in the open recipe

Mashing/Steeping with the Timer Tab

o For all grain recipes, the top timer is used for mashing. The steps shown are for the mash profile

you selected for this recipe (see Mash tab).o For extract recipes it will show the steeping steps if you are steeping any grains. The steep time

and temperature for steeping grains in an extract recipe are set using the steep grain temp and timefields below the steep timer box (which is disabled for recipes using a mash).

o To start the timer, use the play button next to the mash/steep timer. To pause it, use the pause

icon. To reset the timer back to zero use the reset icon.o You can also set the timer to a particular time using the ste button.

o As the timer progresses it will show each step, and play an alarm when the next step time is

reached.o As old steps are finished, they will be greyed out and then removed from the list after a few minutes.
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Boiling with the Timer Tab

o The bottom (boil) timer and steps on the timer tab are used for timing the boil.

o Boil steps (including first wort hops and aroma hops steeped at the end of the boil) are listed in the

area below the boil timer.o To start the timer, use the play button next to the boil timer. To pause it, use the pause icon. To

reset the timer back to zero use the reset icon.o You can set the timer to a particular point in the process using the set button.

o As the timer progresses it will show each step with its time, and play an alarm when the next step

time is reached.o As old steps are finished, they will be greyed out and then removed from the list after a few minutes.

1.5.6 Fermentation Tab

The fermentation tab for a recipe is a central area for detailing your brewing process from the boiler to thefermenter and also show your aging and bottling/kegging options. It also allows you to accuratelycalculate your overall brewhouse efficiency, carbonation levels and statistics for the finished beer.

Note: You must record and enter the measured values (boil volume, original gravity, batch size, finalgravity) to get accurate measured calculations.

The "Into the Boiler" section shows your estimated and measured boil volume and gravities. The "Intofermenter" shows the estimated and measured batch size and original gravity for the beer. "BrewhouseEfficiency" provides your estimated and measured brewhouse efficiency for all grain brewers."Fermentation and Storage" gives you a place to track the gravities of your beer as it ferments. The "Atbottling/kegging" section provides space for the final gravity of the beer and volume actually bottled orkegged.

On the right half of the display the current fermentation and aging profile is displayed (temperature versustime) as well as your preferred carbonation method, carbonation level and how much pressure or sugar

needed for carbonation.

On the lower half you can enter taste notes and your taste rating (typically the BJCP score if youcompete your beer - a value between 1 and 50). On the bottom right is the estimated and actualstatistics (alcohol by volume and weight and calories) for your finished beer.

Online Articles: Understanding Brewhouse Efficiency, Improving your Brewhouse Efficiency,Apparentand Real Attenuation Part 1, Part 2, Counting Calories in Beer, How to Keg your Beer, Beer BottlingTips, Recipe Design Tab

Displaying the Fermentation Tab


o Click on the Fermentationtab a the top of the recipe window to view/edit your recipe fermentationdetails

1.5.7 Water Volumes Tab

In the recipe editor, the water volumes tab shows the various water volumes associated with the steps inyour brewing process. These include the mash, boil and fermentation and bottling. When brewing, thishelps you plan and track your water usage, and also adjust many equipment settings if they do notmatch this particular batch of beer.
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The water volume tab is very similar to the Water Needed Toolavailable as a standalone tool.

Displaying the Water Volumes Tab


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Click on the Water Volumestab a the top of the recipe window to view/edit your recipe watervolume detailso If you want to permanently change aspects of your equipment it is important that you go to the

Equipment Profileand edit your settings there, as changing them in a recipe will only alter thesettings for that one recipe.

1.5.8 Notes Tab

The notes tab is a tab available for any open recipe that allows you to enter extensive notes for yourrecipe. You can enter taste notes for the finished beer or other notes detailing your design, recipe andbrewing notes.

Note:A smaller display of the notes field is available on the main design page- these are the samefield, but the notes tab allows more space for extensive editing.

See Also: Building a Recipe

Displaying the Notes Tab


o Click on the Notestab a the top of the recipe window to view/edit your recipe notes

1.5.9 Brew Steps (the BrewSheet)

BeerSmith can build a set of brewing steps (also called the BrewSheet) for any recipe to make it easyfor you to brew that specific recipe.

Note: You can also create your own custom report templatesand print them using the reports featureincluding reports that look like the brewing steps report.

See Also: Custom Report Templates, Using Reports, Printing and Previewing

Displaying the Brew Steps/BrewSheet

o Select or open the recipe you are working with

o Click the Brew Stepsbutton on the ribbon to preview the brewing steps for this recipe

Displaying additional Reports

o The brewing steps report is simply a report format - you can select others to view from your My

Recipes viewo Highlight any recipe from My Recipes view - a preview of that recipe will be shown in the preview

windowo Click on the Report dropdown on the title bar for the preview window to change report formats

1.5.10 Recipe Set as Default

BeerSmith lets you set up a default recipe containing just about any settings, profiles or ingredients youwish to make it easier to create new recipes in the future. Essentially the default recipe is the one thatwill come up whenever you add a new recipefrom My Recipes view.
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Setting the Default Recipe Template for New Recipes

o First create a new empty recipe, and adjust any of the settings you want. For example, you might

want to set the type, equipment, boil time, brewer, carbonation and fermentation settings to be

those you most commonly use. You can even add ingredients if you like.o Once you have your "default recipe" the way you like it, pick the Set as Defaulticon on the ribbon

o You will be asked to confirm that you want to make this the new default recipe - click yes to do so

o Now if you create a new recipe it will have all of the settings/fields you just used as the starting

point for editing.

1.6 Finding Your Way Around BeerSmith

BeerSmith 2 introduces an entirely new look and feel including the ribbon bar, and tabbed browsingofrecipes and tools. The goal of the new interface is to make it much easier to work with several tools orviews at once.

Click on the topics below to learn more.

See Also: Building a Recipe, Scaling and Adjusting Recipes, Calendar and Notes, Brewing Tools

Using BeerSmith

o Act ivating your Copy of BeerSmith

o Using Tabbed and Windowed Browsing

o My Recipes and Folders

o Editing Functions

o Reports

o Printing and Previewing

o Automatic Unit Conversion

o Customizing Columns in a View

1.6.1 Activating BeerSmith

BeerSmith 2 uses a key system for registration. You can install BeerSmith 2 on up to two or yourcomputers for personal use (i.e. don't share it with a friend) using the same key. Your key is t ied to yourcomputer and email address - so please keep your key private.

Email and Privacy: BeerSmith 2 allows you to enter your email address when activating your copy.This email address is stored privately and not used for any commercial purposes - it is strictly used toallow you to recover your keyif lost or misplaced in the future. If you don't enter an email address, andlater need to recover your key you will be unable to do so.

The BeerSmith Email List: If you enter an email, you also have option of joining the BeerSmith email

list containing articles from the BeerSmith blog. This is completely optional, but if you choose to do sowe will send you a subscription confirmation (which you must confirm to complete your subscription) andafter that you will receive approximately one beer brewing article each week along with an occasionalnewsletter.

NOTE: BeerSmith 1.X version keys are not compatible with BeerSmith 2. You need to purchase anew keyor upgrade to register BeerSmith 2

See Also: Recovering a lost product key
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How to Activate Your Copy of BeerSmith

o If you have not done so, purchase a product activation key from our website. If you purchased

BeerSmith on CD the key should be on the inside front cover of the CD jacket. If you purchase an

electronic key via our site you will receive it via email, usually within a few minutes of ordering.o Make sure you are connected to the internet and BeerSmith is allowed to contact our server through

your firewallo Enter your product registration key - it should be a group of four sets of 5 digits each (example:

AAF3G-F83D2-D83DA-823F8) where each character is the letters A-G or numbers 1-9.o You may choose to enter an email address (optional). However if you don't enter an email address,

you will be unable to recover your keyif lost in the future.o You may optionally check the box to subscribe to the BeerSmith Email Listif desired.

o Press OK to register your product. A message will be displayed if your email list and key were

properly registered.

1.6.2 Tabbed and Windowed Browsing

BeerSmith 2 is a significant departure from the previous versions of BeerSmith. BeerSmith 1 onlysupported one visible view at a time, so opening a tool often obscured the recipe or view you werecurrently working on.

BeerSmith 2 incorporates tabbed and window browsing - which makes it possible to open as many toolsand recipes as you like without disrupting your workflow. Users with multiple monitors can open severaldifferent items and display them on the screen all at once.

By default, most tools and views are opened in new tabs, and individual items (except recipes) areopened in separate windows. Any item can be displayed in a window, tab or within the currently act iveview. You can change this behavior by altering the look and feel options.

Note: You can change the default opening option for an item by right clicking on that item to open it in a

new tab or window. You can also do the same using Control/Command-click or Shift-Click (or doubleclick when opening) to activate an item in a window, tab or in-place.

See Also: Look and Feel options, My Recipes and Folders, Editing Functions, Reports

Opening a New Tab or Window

o By default, most tools and views are opened in new tabs, and individual items (except recipes) are

opened in separate windows. This includes most tools, the profile, ingredientand open recipeviews.o You can change this behavior for an item permanently by altering the look and feel options.

o You can also right click on an item and select the Edit in New Tabselection or Edit in New

Window to override the default behavioro Finally, you can modify the default opening behavior for an item by Control/Command-Clicking or

Shift-Clicking it. This applies to most menus, buttons and views.

Forcing a New Window

o Right click on an item and select the Edit in New Window to override the default behavior

o If the default behavior is not to open a new window for an item, Shift-Clicking or Shift-Double-Clicking

the item will also open it in a new window

Forcing a New Tab
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o Right click on an item and select the Edit in New Tab to override the default behavior

o If the default behavior is not to open a new tab for an item, Ctrl/Command-Clicking or Ctrl/Command-

Double-Clicking the item will also open it in a new tab

Opening in the Current View

o Though rarely used, you can also set an item to open over the current view. In this case the new

view will obscure the previous one and you can navigate between views using the Forward andBackbuttons on the toolbar

o This mode is primarily used for navigating My Recipesand the recipe folders, and not recommended

for tools and other items.

1.6.3 My Recipes and Folders

BeerSmith stores all of your recipes in the main My Recipes folder and sub-folders. Your recipes folderis shown on the left side of the main BeerSmith window as a tree. You can click on the My Recipesfolder or any of the subfolders to display the recipes within those folders.

In addition, BeerSmith maintans a Brew Logwhere you can store complete copies of your recipes asbrewed for future reference.

Note: You do not need to explicitly save any of your recipes stored in your My Recipes folder or any ofthe profiles or ingredients in the main profile or ingredient views. These are saved automatically whenyou close BeerSmith and also saved in the background every few minutes if your computer is idle.

See Also: Importing and Exporting Files, Building a Recipe, Scaling and Adjusting Recipes

Adding a Recipe Folder

o You can add a folder to your My Recipesfolder or any sub-folder by selecting the parent folder and

clicking the Add Folderbutton on the ribbon.

Navigating Recipe Folders

o Recipe folders are typically opened over the existing My Recipes view and you can navigate

between them using the Backand Forwardbuttons on the toolbar.o You can also change folders by clicking on the folder name in the tree shown on the left side of the

main view.

Moving Recipes Between Folders

o You can Cut/Copy/Paste recipes and entire folders to rearrange them within your folders.

o You can also drag and drop folders and recipes to other folders - usually this is best done if you

drag an item or selected items from the folder to the tree view folders on the left.

Adding Recipes to the Brew Log

o You can recipe to your Brew Logfolder Copy to Logbutton on the ribbon.

Adding a Recipe within a Folder

o You can create a new recipe in any folder by opening that folder and then clicking the Add Recipe

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1.6.4 Editing Functions

BeerSmith supports editing functions that most Windows and Mac users will be quite familiar with suchas Cut, Copy, Paste, Edit, Undo, and Redo. These are available in any of the profile, ingredientandrecipe folderviews.

See Also: Recipes and Folders, Ingredient Views, Profiles and Styles, Navigating BeerSmith

Editing an Item

o Double click on any item to open it for editing.

Cut, Copy Delete and Paste using the Clipboard

o BeerSmith supports the standard Cut/Copy/Delete/Paste functions.

o To copy or cut an item or set of items, select those items. You can select multiple items using

Ctrl/Command-click or Shift-Click with the mouse.o Click on the Cut, Copy, or Delete button on the ribbon or edit menu to cut or copy the selected

items to the clipboard.o If desired, switch to another folder, view or file

o Click on the Pastebutton to paste the cut/copied items into the current folder

Undo and Redo

o We've made a real effort to allow undo and redo for any of the major editing functions within a given

BeerSmith sessiono To undo the last editing function you performed, click on the Undobutton on the toolbar or edit

menuo To redo an edit you previously undid - use the Redobutton on the toolbar or edit menu

Right Click Editing Menu

o Like many popular programs, you can also access the most common editing functions for an item

by right clicking (control-click on the Macintosh) any item to bring up a pop-up menu with commonediting functions

1.6.5 Reports

BeerSmith 2 has the ability to print and preview a diverse set of report formats. The program has anumber of basic (text, brewsheet, competition, etc) preloaded with the program and you also have theability to make custom reportsif you desire.

Reports are displayed in the preview window typically shown below or to the right of major data viewssuch as the profile, ingredientand recipe folderviews. These reports can be printed or previewedusingthe print and preview commands. You can change the current report format using the drop-down on thetitle bar of the preview window.

Note on Margins and Print Settings: BeerSmith actually uses two different systems for printing. Theprofile, ingredientand recipe folderviews and preview reports, which are typically in HTML or text formatare printed using your internet browser. On Windows, BeerSmith uses an Internet Explorer plugin formore flexibility with HTML reports. However, this means many of the settings (margins and headers) areset from Internet explorer rather than within BeerSmith. For dialogs and brewing tools, which are printeddirectly, you can use the Page Setup dialog (File menu) to set print options. Also currently on the Macthese settings are active as a limited native browser is implemented.
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See Also: Custom Reports, Brewing Steps, Printing and Previewing

Printing or Previewing a Report

o Select the Printor Preview buttons on the toolbar, or the ones on the title bar for the preview

window. See printing and previewingfor more info.

Changing Report Formats

o On the title bar for the preview window pane is a drop-down box that shows the currently selected

report format and lets you choose other report formats.o To add additional report formats or create your own, please see the Custom Reportssection

Setting the Default Report Format

o Just to the left of the current report format name on the title bar of the preview pane is a small flag

icon. Clicking on this icon will let you set the default report format for a given type (for examplerecipes or hops)o You must confirm your selection when you change the default report format

Rearranging the Preview Pane

o You can change the preview pane to either display below your data items or to the right of them. To

change the location of the preview pane, select the small preview pane icon between the search boxand close button on the title bar for your data view.

o A drop-down menu will appear and allow you to display the pane below or to the right of your data.

In addition you can close the preview pane so only the data view is shown from here.

Adding Custom Reports

o See Custom Reports Options

1.6.6 Printing and Previewing

BeerSmith lets you print or preview your work as you go. This includes most tools, the profile, ingredientand recipe folderviews.

Note on Margins and Print Settings: BeerSmith actually uses two different systems for printing. Theprofile, ingredientand recipe folderviews and preview reports, which are typically in HTML or text formatare printed using your internet browser. On Windows, BeerSmith uses an Internet Explorer plugin formore flexibility with HTML reports. A second system is used to print dialogs. On Windows, you candrag the margins for HTML reports from the print preview dialog. The other printouts do not haveadjustable margins at this time.

See Also: Custom Reports, Brewing Steps, Reports

Printing or Previewing a Report

o You can print reports from the profile, ingredientand recipe folderviews.

o Select the Printor Preview buttons on the toolbar, or the ones on the title bar for the preview

window. See printing and previewingfor more info.
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Changing Report Formats

o On the title bar for the preview window pane is a drop-down box that shows the currently selected

report format and lets you choose other report formats.o To add additional report formats or create your own, please see the Custom Reportssection

Printing a Dialog or Tool

o You can print dialogs or tools as well by clicking the Printbutton or Previewbutton for any dialog

or tool.o On HTML reports in Windows, you can change the margins from within the print preview window by

dragging them

1.6.7 Automatic Unit Conversion

BeerSmith supports automatic unit conversion in almost any field. This means, for example, that youcan enter a unit descriptor after any number and BeerSmith will automatically convert the unit for youwhen you hit the tab key. For example entering "56 C" into a temperature field that defaults to degreesF will automatically convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit.

You can even enter compound entries in certain situations such as entering "5 lb 3 oz" into a weight fieldwhich will correctly be converted to the current weight units.

Finally you can do simple math in any field - for example entering "3/5" into a field will correctly convertto "0.60" when you hit tab.

This applies to all fields that use standard weight, volume, temperature, gravity, color or pressure units.The only exception is certain advanced optionswhich use fixed units.

See Also: Unit Options

Converting Units Within a Fieldo Enter the number followed by the units and then hit the tab key - for example entering "5 kg" into a

weight field will convert to native units (pounds for example) once you hit the tab key.

Performing Simple Math Within a Field

o Enter the math expression into any field and hit the tab key. For example "3*2.4" will calculate the

product of 3 and 2.4.o BeerSmith supports the four basic math operations (+, -, / and *) as well as parenthesis to group

expressions

1.6.8 Customizing Columns

You can adjust the width of columns in any data view and also add or delete columns to those alreadydisplayed.

Resizing a Column

o Drag the separator between two column headers with the mouse to change the size of a column

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on the column headingso Add, remove and rearrange the columns as desired

o Press OK to change the columns displayed in the main view

1.7 Scaling and Adjusting Recipes

BeerSmith has a number of tools you can use on any recipe to make it easy to set the recipe's color,bitterness, original gravity or size. In addition BeerSmith has an automated tool for converting all grain toextract recipes (or other types).

See Also: Building a Recipe

Tools for Scaling, Adjusting and Converting Recipes

o Scaling the Size of a Recipe

o Converting a Recipe

o Adjusting the Original Gravity of a Recipe

o Adjusting the Bitterness of a Recipe

o Adjusting the Color of a Recipe

1.7.1 Scaling the Size of a Recipe

The Scale Recipebutton on the ribbon for My Recipes view or any open recipe will scale the recipesize up or down, matching original gravity, bitterness and color of the original recipe as closely aspossible. Using this command you can scale a recipe to match your equipment profile, a different targetbatch size or even to adjust a recipe's brewhouse efficiency.

Note: Whenever possible it is best to scale recipes using your own personal equipment profile- this willassure a complete match between the recipe you have imported and your own equipment.

Scaling the Size of a Recipe

o Select therecipe you want to add either by opening it or selecting it from your My Recipes view

o Select the Scale Recipebutton on the ribbon

o The best method for scaling a recipe is to use your own equipment profile - choose it using the

equipment profile button at the top of the dialogo You also have the option of manually setting a new batch size, boil volume, or brewhouse efficiency

number if desiredo Press OK to scale the recipe size and ingredients to match the existing recipe's original gravity,

bitterness and color

1.7.2 Converting a Recipe

The Convert Recipebutton on the ribbon for My Recipes view or any open recipe lets you convert a

recipe from all-grain to extract (or partial mash). In fact you can convert between any of the three majortypes. The conversion process is a fairly complicated operation that does its best to preserve theoriginal recipe's color, bitterness and original gravity.

During the conversion, some ingredients may be replaced - especially those needing mashing instead ofsteeping and the base grain which will be converted to the based extract (or grain) you selected in thedialog.

Note: Whenever possible it is best to convert recipes using your own personal equipment profile- thiswill assure a complete match between the recipe you have imported and your own equipment.
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Limitations: Some very light colored beers cannot be accurately converted to extract due to the factthat malt extract is generally much darker than comparable pale grain malt. The converter will do thebest it can, but in some cases has a hard time converting very light colored beers.

Online Articles: Converting All Grain Recipes to Extract

Converting a Recipe

o Select therecipe you want to use either by opening it or selecting it from your My Recipes view

o Select the Convertbutton on the ribbon

o Select the type you want to convert to - you can convert it to any type using this tool

o The best method for converting a recipe is to use your own personal equipment profile - choose it

using the equipment profile button at the top of the dialogo Select the base grain to use for the new recipe - this will be the grain that the converter uses as the

base malt to make up the bulk of the grain bill in the new recipe.

1.7.3 Adjusting Gravity for a Recipe

The Adjust Gravitybutton on the ribbon for My Recipes view or any open recipe will adjust the grainamounts used in the recipe to match a target original gravity.

Adjusting the Original Gravity of a Recipe


o Select the Adj Gravitybutton on the ribbon

o The scales will show the old and new original gravities as well as the style range (graphically and

numerically) for the style guide chosen for this recipeo Enter your new original gravity and press OK to adjust the gravity

1.7.4 Adjusting Bitterness of a Recipe

The Adjust Bitternessbutton on the ribbon for My Recipes view or any open recipe will adjust the hopamounts used in the recipe to match a target bitterness level (in IBUs).

Adjusting the Bitterness of a Recipe


o Select the Adj Bitternessbutton on the ribbon

o The scales will show the old and new bitterness levels as well as the style range (graphically and

numerically) for the style guide chosen for this recipeo Enter your new bitterness level and press OK to adjust the bitterness

1.7.5 Adjusting Color of a Recipe

The Adjust Colorbutton on the ribbon for My Recipes view or any open recipe will adjust the grainamounts used in the recipe to match a target color level for the recipe.

Limitations: For recipes that have no dark colored grains or no light colored grains, the color tool mayfail as it can't adjust the color without changing its original gravity. In this case, it will typically adjust therecipe as light or dark as it can without altering the original gravity.

Online Articles: Understanding Beer Color
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Adjusting the Color of a Recipe


o Select the Adj Colorbutton on the ribbon

o The scales will show the old and new color levels as well as the style range (graphically and

numerically) for the style guide chosen for this recipeo Enter your new color and press OK to adjust the color

1.8 Shopping and Inventory

BeerSmith has integrated shopping and inventory views you can use for brewing beer. The recipes,inventory and shopping list are all tied together for easy management of your inventory while brewing.

For details on how recipes, the shopping list and inventory work together please read: UnderstandingInventory Management

Shopping and Inventory View Details

o Understanding Inventory Managemento Shopping List View

o Inventory View

1.8.1 Understanding Inventory Management

BeerSmith has an integrated set of inventory, shopping list and recipe tools for making it easy tomanage your inventory. The three key views used in inventory management are the Shopping List,Inventory Viewand Recipe View. The basic flow is shown below:

Starting with a recipe, you can add all of the ingredients from a recipeto the shopping list using the Addto Cartbutton from any open recipe. Once you have purchased the ingredients in your shopping list,select them and use the Add to Inventorybutton to add them to your inventory view. Finally, when yougo to brew a recipe you can use the Remove Invbutton in any open recipe to remove ingredients foundin the recipe from inventory. The three basic steps in this cycle are detailed below:

Adding All of the Ingredients for a Recipe


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your shopping carto Go to the Shopping Listto select your shopping list and view or edit the ingredients added

Adding Items Purchased to the Inventory

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After you have purchased a given set of items you can add them to the Inventory viewo Select the items you want to add to inventory - you can select multiple items using Control/

Command-Click and Shift-Click with the mouseo Select the Add to Inventorybutton on the ribbon

o The items will be added to your inventory view in the quantities you purchased

o If desired you can now remove these items from your shopping list using the Deletebutton

Removing Ingredients from Inventory When Brewing

o Open the recipeyou are going to brew

o Select the Remove Invbutton from the ribbon

o Note that if you try to remove ingredients twice within a short period you may be asked to confirm

that you intended to do so

1.8.2 Shopping List

The shopping list view is a feature to help you manage your inventoryand also keep track of items topurchase for your next trip to the store. From here you can make a shopping list, set prices for the list,print out your shopping list and print the shopping list for a trip to the store. You can also select itemsto add to your inventory once you purchase them and even add an entire recipe to the shopping list inone shot.

See Also: Understanding Inventory Management, Editing Functions,

Adding Items Directly to the Shopping List

o Select theShopping Listcommand from the View menu or toolbar

o Choose the Add Grain, Add Hops, Add Yeast, or Add Miscbutton on the ribbon

o Select the item you want to add from the list and enter the quantity and current price to purchase

o You can use the Add Item button to enter other (non-ingredient) items such as equipment

Adding All of the Ingredients for a Recipe


o Select the Add to Cartbutton - this will automatically add the ingredients needed for this recipe to

your shopping carto Go to the Shopping Listto select your shopping list and view or edit the ingredients added

Adding Items Purchased to the Inventory

o After you have purchased a given set of items you can add them to the Inventory view

o Select the items you want to add to inventory - you can select multiple items using Control/

Command-Click and Shift-Click with the mouseo Select the Add to Inventorybutton on the ribbon

o The items will be added to your inventory view in the quantities you purchased

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To Empty your Shopping List

o Within the shopping list view, select the Empty Cartbutton

To Print your Shopping List

o Within the shopping list view, select the Print List button

Setting the Price

o Within theShopping List view, select the items you wish to set. You can select multiple items

using Ctrl/Command-click and Shift-click on your mouseo Click the Set Pricebutton on the ribbon to set all of the prices at once

Rounding Up Purchase Amounts

o Within theShopping List view, select the items you wish to set. You can select multiple items

using Ctrl/Command-click and Shift-click on your mouseo Click the Round Upbutton on the ribbon to round the quantities for these items up to the next

whole number for purchase

1.8.3 Inventory

The Inventory view lets you manage your inventory of ingredientsused for brewing. From here you canadd items to inventory, and edit the inventory and prices of items.

New Feature:If you have an existing item in inventory with a given price, then add a new item at adifferent price from the shopping cart, BeerSmith will dollar-average the price to determine average costof the items in inventory.

See Also: Shopping List, Understanding Inventory Management, Editing Functions

Adding Items Directly to Inv