Is Beer Smith worth it?

[Genuine]

Also, in regards to the strike temp - you really have to take the temp of your grains and input that in.

 

[Sparkncode]

Beersmith is ok, but it is not free. I have just created a new innovative calculation tool, feel free to check it out and leave feedback to me! You will find it at beerlad,com

I don't see anything innovative. just another web app. a real pain if you need to work disconnected etc.

 

[kevin58]

I mean... No. I'm not going to just buy something because someone is a nice guy lol. Especially when the reviews from 2 weeks ago say the strike water calculations are off and have been for a long time. So I guess I'm just going to hold off on it.

If your calculations are off then you don't have your profiles set up properly. You either create a custom profile from scratch or you pick the one in the profile list that is closest to your own and then you make volume and weight measurements to make it match your system exactly. Once you do that then your numbers will much more reliable.

 

[cmac62]

I tend to brew more intuitively. When I bought BS for my tablet, I never liked the interface, and it seemed really clunky. I have no idea about the true efficiency of my rig. I generally guess at about 70-75%. For recipe formulation I use tastybrew.com, they have a really simple full recipe calculator that gets me into the ballpark for grains and hops. I guess it would be nice to have a strike water calc because I am always guessing and adjusting to get the mash temp right. At sometime in the future I may buy the PC version, but I need to get a PC first. LOL

 

[kevin58]

I tend to brew more intuitively. When I bought BS for my tablet, I never liked the interface, and it seemed really clunky. I have no idea about the true efficiency of my rig. I generally guess at about 70-75%. For recipe formulation I use tastybrew.com, they have a really simple full recipe calculator that gets me into the ballpark for grains and hops. I guess it would be nice to have a strike water calc because I am always guessing and adjusting to get the mash temp right. At sometime in the future I may buy the PC version, but I need to get a PC first. LOL

The mobile version is not nearly as robust or user friendly. I needed to make some basic changes on the fly while brewing this past Sunday and there are some basic edits that you cannot make on the mobile version. I just wanted to change one hop addition from 60 minutes to FWH and coudln't. PC version....well worth the money. Mobile version... meh.