Here's an Idea for a Beer Entrepreneur

[maltoftheearth]

I have so many odds and ends grains and adjuncts at my house right now, I would love to find a calculator that allows you to enter all leftovers with weights and returns a good recipe appropriate to the use of these. I don't think such a thing exists at the moment.

At first I thought this idea was counter to creativity but I tried being creative last year with my odds and ends grains and the result was crappy.

 

[davefleck]

Entrepreneurial efforts typically are done with anticipation of compensation. Would you really pay for that kind of software?

 

[Zamial]

The other downside is just about anything can be considered an ingredient...

 

[Goblism]

I would probably look at it as either buy the program for $5 or so and get a beer I might like or just spend that money on new ingredients for a style I like or want to yty

 

[maltoftheearth]

I would probably look at it as either buy the program for $5 or so and get a beer I might like or just spend that money on new ingredients for a style I like or want to yty

Yeah, I would pay about $5 to continually have a resource that allows me to not waste the rest of the dozens of dollars of grains and adjuncts I purchased.

And yes, just about anything CAN be an ingredient but grains can last longer and provide greater opportunity for reuse as opposed to, say, lemons or jalapeno peppers (both adjuncts in their own right.)

 

[Chefencore]

My brewing software has that. It's called suggest-a-beer. It takes what you have listed in inventory, compares it the recipes you have and suggests a beer, even tells you that this it that is needed. I haven't had occasion to use it yet, as buy a lot of kits.

 

[mattd2]

My brewing software has that. It's called suggest-a-beer. It takes what you have listed in inventory, compares it the recipes you have and suggests a beer, even tells you that this it that is needed. I haven't had occasion to use it yet, as buy a lot of kits.

What software do you have? This sounds like the only (ok maybe the easiest) way you could get something like this to work. I would think it would be a nightmare to try and get it to guesse a style, but comparing against preloaded recipes would be great (plus just load any recipe you like the look of and one day it will say you got everything you need)
You says it tells you what you need to get aswell? Is that so you can say you have this specialty grains what base grain and hops do I need?

 

[Chefencore]

I am a rebel. I have a Mac, and use BeerAlchemy by Kent Place Software

 

[jaycount]

What software do you have? This sounds like the only (ok maybe the easiest) way you could get something like this to work. I would think it would be a nightmare to try and get it to guesse a style, but comparing against preloaded recipes would be great (plus just load any recipe you like the look of and one day it will say you got everything you need)
You says it tells you what you need to get aswell? Is that so you can say you have this specialty grains what base grain and hops do I need?

I think I read that Beersmith2 will do it. Its a good idea now that there will be alot of "addon" recipes to download

 

[passedpawn]

I think I read that Beersmith2 will do it. Its a good idea now that there will be alot of "addon" recipes to download

Not yet. But the older version, 1.4, would do that.

 

[Elky]

I am a rebel. I have a Mac

Hahahah.