Any software better for GF Brewing

[JerryE]

After searching Google and the hbt software forum, I can see there are many options for brewing software. My first impression is that BeerAlchemy looks like a good software package for a mac/iPhone user.

My question is whether there are any software packages that are better suited than others for the GF brewer? Are there any particular features to look for?

I have not used any brewing sw, but some of them seem to be "ingredient aware." It might be nice if they knew about some GF ingredients. If, on the other hand, sw is mostly just good for basic calculations, maybe it does not matter.

Thanks,
Jerry

 

[Lcasanova]

I use Beersmith and manually input the GF ingredients. For me it's mainly to remember the recipe and get some rough calculations. And it's a nice archive for the past recipes too.

 

[JerryE]

Good feedback. Thanks. So far I have been using a weather proof (beer proof ) journal to keep things straight, but sw could help. Mostly I would like easy access to the calcs to improve predictability.

 

[Lcasanova]

I like the software because I can scale up or down my recipes and it helped me reformulate them when i went from partial boil to full boil

 

[mrtree]

I like Beersmith as well.

The calendar is nice to track the dates of your brews.
Very easy to add new ingredients, GF stuff.

 

[DKershner]

Beersmith here as well, maybe I can make a place where we can upload GF ingredients with the PPG and Color filled out for others...since we are all using it.

Errr...give me a bit.

 

[Lcasanova]

I uploaded sorghum syrup a while back. If I can find it again I'll post it.

 

[Lcasanova]

I went ahead and created a thread and posted the sorghum syrup screenshot. Update it to your hearts content

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f164/gf-brewers-using-beersmith-199533/

 

[DKershner]

http://brew.dkershner.com/gf-ingredients-for-beersmith/

OK, I made a page, but couldn't find a good way to get you guys access to upload on your own. For now, why don't you just email me any files you have in zip format and I will upload em for you.

This is all only if you find this valuable I suppose.

derekkershner (at) gmail (dot) com

 

[JerryE]

Glad to hear that Beersmith is the way to go. Unfortunately, it is not available for mac , but it sounds like it is coming soon.

I will either wait it out, or run it in a VM.

-Jerry

 

[DKershner]

Glad to hear that Beersmith is the way to go. Unfortunately, it is not available for mac , but it sounds like it is coming soon.

I will either wait it out, or run it in a VM.

-Jerry

I'd go VM...Brad is a nice guy but I dont think it is coming any time soon, even with his recent switch to development on it. Maybe next year would be my guess.