Beersmith - Purpose of "Version"

[mgortel]

I've been using Beersmith for years....and never used therecipe "Version" Function in a recipe....the one where you can make a recipe Version 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, etc.

i figured it would allow me to have a base recipe with version 1.1....save it....then make it version 1.2 and save it and then i could open the one file for that recipe and change between the 2 versions just by switching the utton....but that doesnt seem to be how it works.

Can someone tell me the purpose of that?

 

[kcbeersnob]

I assumed the same initially, but it's just an attribute that you can apply to recipes that you have manually copied. You can add this attribute as a column when viewing your recipe list.

For example:

1. Create new recipe. Tag that recipe as version 1
2. Create a copy. Tag the copy as version 2 or version 1.1
3. Create a copy. Tag the copy as version 3 or 1.2
4. ...

In end result is the same, but without the app creating the copy automatically when you save.

 

[mgortel]

Thanks for reply. So basically I have to give a different recipe name for each version of a beer.

 

[kcbeersnob]

Beersmith does not require unique recipe names, so you can reuse the same name in multiple recipes if you wish to distinguish each one by using the Version attribute.

 

[brewfun]

When you change the version number and close the recipe, the prompt will ask if you wish to save it under a new name. Clicking Yes will show the same recipe name with the version number tacked onto the end. Or, you can just rename the recipe.

This feature is a little kludgey and almost vestigial. Nesting the recipes would be great, but it might make logging brewing sessions a little confusing if you get off by one version.