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10-26-2012, 01:29 PM
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Beer Smith or Beer Friend??
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Beer Smith cost $27.99, Brewers Friend is $9.99 for a year and $17.99 for two years.... My question is which program do you use and why??
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10-26-2012, 01:31 PM
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Brewin&BBQin
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Never herd of beer friend,but beersmith is one of the leading programs out there. Many here use it.
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10-26-2012, 01:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by unionrdr
Never herd of beer friend,but beersmith is one of the leading programs out there. Many here use it.
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Its Brewer's Friend. Its a mistype. http://www.brewersfriend.com |
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10-26-2012, 01:40 PM
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Frau Administrator
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Location: Upper Michigan
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I use Beersmith, and I have for over 6 years. I like it. My equipment profile fits, and works, and my inventory is updated. I liked the original version more than the upgraded version, but there is support and it's easy to add things (like homegrown hops) to the list.
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10-26-2012, 01:42 PM
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Verae amicitiae sempiternae sunt.
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Location: Benidorm, Alicante/Spain
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Beersmith all the way from batch 1
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10-26-2012, 01:47 PM
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Vinz Clortho - the Keymaster of Gozer the Gozerian
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They both have free/trial versions. Why don't you use both and see which you like best?
I personally am a BeerSmith guy. Looking at the Brewer's Friend site, it looks similar to BeerSmith in it's basic functions. All things being equal, you can pay a ONE TIME $24.00 for BeerSmith at Birdman Brewing, or $17.99 every two years for Brewer's Friend, so it looks like BeerSmith starts being cheaper after two years. Comeon, though, we're talking about less than a typical batch of beer here!!
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10-26-2012, 01:47 PM
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Location: Glenview, IL
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I use Beersmith and am very happy with it. I am also not a fan of having to cough up money on an annual basis to use something that I use almost daily.
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10-26-2012, 02:01 PM
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Location: Alexander City, Alabama
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I am all about Beersmith2.
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10-26-2012, 02:05 PM
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Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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There are a number of features of BS that are not available on brewersfriend. Equipment profile and automatic mash, sparge, boil volume calculations being the most glaring. Brewersfriend has the advantage of being a website so it is potentially available anywhere with internet access, but Beersmith has functionality built in there as well. Also, since brewersfriend is a website, it can be more easily updated with new features which you will have immediate access to - although I have been playing with brewersfriend off and on for the last few months and have not seen any changes, so i dont know how actively they develop it.
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10-26-2012, 02:13 PM
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Location: Williamsburg, Va
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You can buy the disc at NB and it used to be cheaper (than the BS website) and when NB had their flat Rate shipping it was a no brainer when ordering anything from them.
BTW... Beersmith is the only choice IMHO.
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