Don't be no fool -- PRINT AND KEEP YOUR RECIPES!

[StickyWicket]

Since I've started this "hobby," I've brewed some winners. And I've kept all my recipes on my computer. Many of these recipes were derived from this site or others with certain tweaks based on my tastes or what I had available at the time.

BUT -- a few days ago I ran into a computer issue that eventually required me to start over. I lost all my files. Including my recipes. And I didn't keep hard copies of any of them (why is there no "smilie" of someone crying?)

So, basically, don't do what I did. Be smart. Print. The trees you kill are worth the beer you'll brew.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

OR backup your files to multiple locations. I keep a backup drive and a couple DVD-RW's for all my recipe and brew session files. Everytime I write a new recipe I copy the file to the archive disc.

I can't keep a piece of paper for anything.

 

[farmbrewernw]

Or commit them to memory.

 

[Evan!]

Yep, what GMB said---back dem ******* up. I would cry if I lost mine. So I have them on my boot drive and then backed up on my external. I also keep them printed in a binder.

 

[Freezeblade]

I keep a book as a brew journal, which keeps all info on the batches I brew, including tasting notes as they age, it's very handy.

 

[SnickASaurusRex]

Like Evan said mine are put into bio memory, printed and onto 6 different jump drives, plus my laptop, the office computer, and some archaic clunker with a midget and an abacus inside as a processor. But hey, at least they are baked up.

 

[david_42]

I put everything in a notebook. Much handier for trips to the LHBS, while brewing, and QA sampling.

 

[Malticulous]

Mine are mostly in my memory and on one to three sites on the net. I'll never loose one again. Not that it would matter much. I know what I like and how to make it now.

 

[ajwillys]

Also, once a month or so, I export all my recipes (in BeerSmith) into BeerXML and then email myself the file.

 

[Beernip]

Better yet you should save them in the recipe section of this site. I'll back them up on my computer from there.

 

[mmb]

I keep a journal of my brewsheets where I right down SG readings and temp / volume results during the brewday.

 

[DeathBrewer]

I set them up in ProMash, print them out, use the sheet to keep notes on, and then update ProMash when the beer is done.

So I have a printed record of most of my beers, in addition to a ProMash record.

Not ALL my beers, and I still slack sometimes. I have physical records of everything, however, whether I use promash or not. I'm setting up a new system at home for tracking beers, kinda like our quality control procedure here at the warehouse where I werk

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

I write them in blood in ancient Sumerian on the back of $1 bills.

 

[DeathBrewer]

Oh yeah!? Well, my brew log is bound in human flesh!

 

[danorocks17]

i put all of mine in a three ring binder with notes that I write for myself when I brew the beer again

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

Oh yeah!? Well, my brew log is bound in human flesh!

What your mom did with your penile flesh after the circumcision is your own business. I'm also guessing its a really tiny brew log?

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I print mine out and store them in my underpants......Nobody ever thinks to look in there.

 

[humann_brewing]

I am having a format party this weekend so I am backing up tonight

 

[wreals]

I use Evernote for everything I want to keep. It backs all my notes up to there server and even syncs to my iphone. The best part is that when I'm at the LHBS, I can just pull out my Iphone and read off the recipe.

I like keeping in my computer because I want to search keywords.

 

[MacBruver]

Oh yeah!? Well, my brew log is bound in human flesh!

The... brewnomicon?

 

[HarvInSTL]

Piece of mind for only $4.95/month

 

[DeathBrewer]

How Will You Survive a Computer Disaster?

So depressing...

Print your files and get a firesafe

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

I would like to know how to nuclear bomb proof my recipes. They will be one of the pillars of a new brewing civilization in a post apocalyptic world.

 

[bad coffee]

Digital media does not exist until it's in more than one place.

External backup drives for me, plus one over at a friend's place. If my place gets burned down or broken into, I'm still covered.

B

I print mine out and store them in my underpants......Nobody ever wants to look in there.

fixed...

 

[Saccharomyces]

My recipes are safely backed up... I post *every one* in this forum before I brew it and update the thread after it's brewed.

 

[BierMuncher]

• I formulate my recipes in BeerSmith.
• I export my entire BSM file to Word when I have a new recipe I'm going to brew.
• That Word file is part of my auto synch with my Treo.
• I then copy that specific recipe to Excel to print out for brew day.
• I keep a clipboard in the brewshop that has every beer I've brewed along with brew-day and tasting notes.

...oh yeah...once a week, I back up all of my "My Documents" (where my BSM files reside) to an external hard drive.

 

[Buford]

I keep the vast majority of my stuff (including Beersmith) on a Linux server at home running Samba so any of my Windows PCs can access it. I periodically backup the server with tar to an external drive.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

..once a week, I back up all of my "My Documents" (where my BSM files reside) to an external hard drive.

Ha.

I back up my entire BeerSmith program folder. It would suck to have to set all those DB's back up again (variants, inventory, correct pricings).

Matter of fact, if ProMash ever does release a new build (not counting on it)I'll be hard pressed to switch given this.

 

[DeathBrewer]

I would like to know how to nuclear bomb proof my recipes. They will be one of the pillars of a new brewing civilization in a post apocalyptic world.

Those poor damned souls

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

I figure most things I say or do will be held in high regard by a new civilaization.