My beersmith 2 is running fine. I would consult their forums, or uninstall and reinstall the software (with I reboot in between) and see if that fixes your problems.
checked around online. It seems to be a glitch. When adding recipe info, do not use any symbols , just alpha/numeric. It works fine now, after uninstalling,...but this is the second time I've ( my wife i mean)had to uninstall it. Its pretty annoying .