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Exactly. I just downloaded the Beer Alchemy demo yesterday. It's the first piece of homebrew software I'll be trying out, so I don't really have a baseline established for functionality.
I use both BTP and BA, personally. I like the inventory, batch, and interface features of beeralchemy, while I like BTP's ingredients database, mash schedules, and utilization calculators, and units better.
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I have Beersmith. I've never used the other ones. A friend recommended Beersmith so I went with it. I think it's fairly easy to use but they should offer automatic updates for the ingredient inventories, I've added a number of different hops to mine
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I hope they fixed the IBU calculator. Before I had ProMash, I tried the recipator, and after adding 10 freakin ounces of hops, my IBU's were like 50. I gave up on it after that and bought ProMash.
No particular reason why I bought it other than it was the first one I came across and I liked the trial. Didn't even know Beersmith existed at that point. I've grown accustomed to ProMash, and I don't think I'd switch over unless Beersmith could load my ProMash recipe files, which I'm pretty sure it can't. Plus, ProMash does everything I need it to do (despite having a GUI circa 1992...windows 3.1, anyone?)...and I can think of a thousand other things I'd rather drop $20 on right now. If I had to do it over, I might go with Beersmith, but not now.
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•Scottish 80/- •Sweet Stout •Roggenbier .primary | bright:
98: Moss Hollow Soured '09 72: Oude Kriek 99: B-Weisse 102: Brett'd BDSA 104: Feat of Strength Helles Bock 105: Merkin Brown .on tap | kegged:
XX: Moss Hollow Springs Sparkling Water 95: Gott Mit Uns German Pils 91b: Brown Willie's Oaked Abbey Ale 103: Merkin Stout
98: Yorkshire Special 100: Maple Porter 89: Cidre Saison 101: Steffiweizen '09 (#3)
As someone who bought BTP sight unseen (no free trial), I'm anxiously awaiting the next major dot release which should include the much awaited inventory feature. As someone who stocks large amounts of ingredients, it's a pain to have to check the stash each time I want to craft a recipe. Since I know beersmith has this, I can only recommend it until BTP upgrades. I also hear they'll have a free trial at that point.
I've grown accustomed to ProMash, and I don't think I'd switch over unless Beersmith could load my ProMash recipe files, which I'm pretty sure it can't.
What Bobby M said about BTP.I've been using the free Beer Tools version for about a year and SWMBO just got me BTP for my b-day.I wanted it mostly for inventory features that i thought it had(it doesn't).I actually like the free version better but i haven't done much with the new one yet for comparison.
Cheers
Another vote for BeerSmith. I tried trials of all kinds of packages. BeerSmith seemed to be more full featured, have a better interface and have better support.
$20 very well spent.
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