BeerSmith - BeerTools - Promash. - Which is best? What do you have?

[BeerSmith]

You can change the sort order of ingredients by clicking on the various headers for the ingredients list. Also you can grab a ton of ingredients including the latest yeasts and hops by clicking on the "add-on" button and adding new packs from there. It is very easy to do.

Brad

 

[cervid]

Thanks, the add ons are nice I'm glad you mentioned them. I've been clicking on the columns to get it in the order I want, but it doesn't always work out nicely. For this recipe, the 3 lbs of apricot should come after all the other ingredients but clicking the columns doesn't do it.

It's better than what else is out there.

 

[cervid]

If you enter them in order you can do it in the # column. I had it entered wrong.... lol.. I see this is your program. I must say, I like it even better now.. You were all over that!

 

[Gumbys_Brew]

Beer tools pro is amazing and always spot on with temps, timing, and o.g. with all three setups I've had over the past 6 years. Just calibrate your equipment and you're good to go.

 

[rodolfo1947]

Hi,I am Rodolfo from Italy,and I tested Ibrewmaster with good results and I think it should be like beersmith but newer. An interesting feature is:
You choose the style of your recipe and it offers the values ​​Ibu,% vol, EBU range and you can vary the recipe ingredients to enter in the style...if you like.


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[rodolfo1947]

I would like to add that my experience on Ibrewmaster software is using braumeister speidel 20 equipment.


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[steinsato]

I wish any of these would work with Windows 8 on my Surface 2. I've emailed Brad Smith, he claims he'll eventually get an app for the Surface but did not give me a timeline.

 

[rodolfo1947]

I have also beersmith and promash and I did a comparison using my braumeister equipment the result was that Ibrewmaster and the second was beersmith. This is my opinion based on features user friendly and equipement. I have both on my ipad and promash on pc . I think the whole software strictly dependent on the ease of the user is able to do better the setup without having superlative notion...personal opinion.


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[stpug]

I wish any of these would work with Windows 8 on my Surface 2. I've emailed Brad Smith, he claims he'll eventually get an app for the Surface but did not give me a timeline.

If your Surface has Windows 8 then why can't you install (and use) beersmith? I know I've installed BeerSmith on Windows 8 without any troubles. Is there something different about the Surface device? Or, are you by chance using Windows RT?

 

[steinsato]

I guess it's RT. I've tried my full version and it didn't work.
Does RT stand for "Really Terrible"?

 

[cwagon]

I guess it's RT. I've tried my full version and it didn't work.
Does RT stand for "Really Terrible"?

IT guy checking in, quote is pretty much accurate. Surface 2 runs on Windows RT, while the Surface Pro 2 uses Windows 8. Without getting too technical, they look identical but they're very different under the hood. Regular Windows applications such as Beersmith have to be modified to work on RT.

 

[shroomzofdoom]

Warning: Brew software rant coming...

I had BTP for years. I hate this software. The UI is terrible and relies too heavily on mousing. But it was the first one I bought when I started brewing, so I stayed against my will due to the hassle of switching. BeerXML? Standard? Yeah, right. Anyone ever have success migrating libraries from one SW vendor to another. Laughable...

Spent an hour trying to get Beersmith working doing the trial. Tabs, icons, frames, my mind is spinning! Ok, marginally better. But clearly waaaaayy too much going on here. Poor distinction between the two mobile apps. If one is 'lite' why isn't it free? I'm not paying $8 to try it out. Why should I buy either one? Busiest UI and may also be able to operate the mars lander. But hey, at least he predicted that mobile phones weren't a fad. The guy at BTP ignored this for years, then made a half hearted attempt. Smartphones...yeah they'll be around for a while.

Ay caramba, all this sh!t looks like it was built in a committee at the UN. Horrible. I am using paper, f--- this crap. Thanks for the wasted sunday morning.

What am I missing? Jesus Harrison Christ...I just want a clean UI for Windows that seamlessly integrates with a mobile app (Droid) and lets me update recipes in both both places.

Also, would a proper doc set be too much to ask?

I am not a software designer, but know a good UI when I see it--and BTP and BS are total hassle.

Rant off.

 

[SafariJack]

Is there a way to like that post from the mobile app, because I couldn't have ranted it better myself! I just said forget all the busyness and stripped down to Brewtoad.


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[BrewDrinkRepeat]

To each their own... I rather enjoy the complexity that BTP offers in terms of not just a recipe database but calibration of my entire system and brewday, and I find the UI to be just fine for its intended purpose. (No real experience with BS, but IMO it looks like they patterned a lot of it after BTP.)

If all you're looking for in a brewing app is a recipe database then both of these are way more than you need and I can see how all the extra stuff would get in the way.

 

[iaefebs]

This thread is a 7 year history of brewing software. If someone really cares they should start a new poll, I voted again, but I feel like I've voted in this poll 3 times now over the last 4 years and all three votes were for BeerSmith.

 

[steinsato]

Anyone know of a decent brew software for Microsoft Surface? I have BTP and BS on my laptop and desktop but the surface is my preferred PC at the moment. I've emailed BS numerous times and it honestly doesn't sound like he's going to get around to making an app for it anytime soon.

 

[CA_Mouse]

The Surface doesn't need to run BeerSmith as an app. I installed and run it just like on my desktop.

 

[steinsato]

The Surface doesn't need to run BeerSmith as an app. I installed and run it just like on my desktop.

You must be using surface pro. I can't do that on my surface 2.

 

[Heineken]

Brewers Friend - web based so no software to download. And it rocks. Easy to use, great calculations, nice user interface, all good...

 

[IslandLizard]

Brewers Friend - web based so no software to download. And it rocks. Easy to use, great calculations, nice user interface, all good...

... until you're without internet service.

I'll take BS instead.

 

[CA_Mouse]

You must be using surface pro. I can't do that on my surface 2.

Yes mine is the Surface Pro, the 2 didn't have the 128 that I was looking for, so I got this one. I guess I got a better machine than I thought.

 

[Heineken]

... until you're without internet service.

I'll take BS instead.

I can't remember the last time I didn't have Internet service so that has not been an issue at all for me. It also works great on the phone browser, iPad or any device (with zero add'l charge). Same interface across all platforms. I use to use BeerSmith but don't care for the recent UI. Just my personal preference.

 

[passedpawn]

I've only ever used Beersmith, so maybe I just like it because it's familiar. I like the interface, though, and the convenient screens.

I wish it had a wine section, though. That would really make it rock, and I would pay extra for it. I like to use a thing called winecalc to calculate my sugar additions and sg and it would be great if I could do it in Beersmith and save my recipes. But I guess the name would have to change to Fermentsmith or something.

Like a bolt out of the blue...

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/beersmith-3-here-it-comes-thoughts.650947/