didn't know I could do that with Beersmith. I need to take a better look at its capabilities and learn to work with it. Can someone send me an xml file so I can play with it and try to open.
Another issue, how do you post recipe's as folks do on HBT?
Thanks,
Sheldon
I tried to upload an xml file of one of my recipies, but the forum only supports a few file types.. Actually, you can generate one yourself if you have beer smith, just select a folder with recipes in it, then select File > Export As and select the BeerXML file format. As you'd expect, this creates an XML file that contains the XML tags recognized by BeerXML (also if you google BeerXML, you'll find more recipies in XML there.
to post recipes, you can just copy / paste from beersmith into the forum - like this: (note there are a lot of different ways to do this, and this is just one way.. Just highlight your whole brew sheet, and copy it with ctrl + C / paste it into the forum with Ctrl + V here.. There are probably other ways that retain the formatting a bit better... but that's the really easy way.. as an example..
Mark's IPA
Brew Type: Partial Mash Date: 11/13/2010
Style: American IPA Brewer: Mark
Batch Size: 5.50 gal Assistant Brewer: Iggy
Boil Volume: 6.86 gal Boil Time: 70 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Brewing Steps
Check Time Step
11/13/2010 Clean and prepare equipment.
-- Measure ingredients, crush grains.
-- Prepare Water (7.47 gal total)
Amount Item Type
5.50 gal Denver, Colorado Water
-- Prepare Ingredients for Mash
Amount Item Type
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain
1.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain
0.50 lb Debittered Belgium Black (24.0 SRM) Grain
0.50 lb Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain
2 min Mash Ingredients
Mash In: Add 3.75 qt of water at 169.4 F
60 min - Hold mash at 154.0 F for 60 min
-- Batch Sparge Round 1: Sparge with 2.98 gal of 168.0 F water.
-- Batch Sparge Round 2: Sparge with 3.55 gal of 168.0 F water.
-- Add water to achieve boil volume of 6.86 gal
-- Estimated Pre-boil Gravity is: 1.047 SG with all grains/extracts added
Boil for 70 min Boil Ingredients
Boil Amount Item Type
70 min 6.50 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract
55 min 0.75 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (55 min) Hops
40 min 0.75 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (40 min) Hops
20 min 1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (20 min) Hops
10 min 0.28 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
0 min 1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (0 min) Hops
-- Cool wort to fermentation temperature
-- Add water (as needed) to achieve volume of 5.50 gal
-- Siphon wort to primary fermenter and aerate wort.
-- Add Ingredients to Fermenter
Amount Item Type
1 Pkgs California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) Yeast-Ale
11/13/2010 Measure Original Gravity: ________ (Estimate: 1.056 SG)
11/13/2010 Measure Batch Volume: ________ (Estimate: 5.50 gal)
7 days Ferment in primary for 7 days at 68.0 F
11/20/2010 Transfer to Secondary Fermenter
14 days Ferment in secondary for 14 days at 68.0 F
12/4/2010 Measure Final Gravity: ________ (Estimate: 1.013 SG)
-- Keg beer at 60.0 F at a pressure of 21.6 PSI
4.0 Weeks Age for 4.0 Weeks at 52.0 F
1/1/2011 Sample and enjoy!
Taste Rating (50 possible points): 35.0
Notes
This was a BIAB partial mash as my mashtun was under construction at the time.