Your favorite Brew Log

[okiedog]

Is there a specific brew log that you prefer? I'm using Brewer's Logbook from Basic Brewing. I have put it to great use, but have about filled it up. If it were my design, there are a few areas where I would make improvements though. Do any of you have a favorite brew log that you use and would recommend?

 

[Hello]

I just use beer smith and a moleskine (cheap one) to jot down notes and such. Most notes are now in BS, but I still put pen to paper even after I bought BS.

 

[Pappers_]

I use the brew log function in Beersmith, too.

 

[jcorn]

I cut and paste a bunch of different ones to form this. Wish I could get a better pic or scan it.

 

[IvanTheTerribrew]

I like beersmith since everything is on the PC version and you can easily add notes/ fill in information as you get it. I do have a small leather cover book that SWMBO bought me at a fare and it's a nice thing to write in. I write the recipe down and any important notes.


- ISM NRP

 

[bboyeruga]

I recently posted my brew sheets that my SWMBO put together in a leather bound book for me. Here's the link. My attachments should be near the bottom. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=452232


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[SandstoneCityBrew]

Beersmith and Basic Brewing Logbook for me.

 

[Teromous]

Beersmith. I'm too disorganized to keep paperwork.

 

[elsphinc]

Brewblogger www.brewblogger.net

 

[Snicklefritz]

BrewToad www.brewtoad.com

 

[pumpkinman2012]

Beersmith

 

[okiedog]

It sounds like Beersmith is a winner. I wonder what the pro brewers use. I don't have Beersmith yet, but will be checking out all the other logs mentioned. Thanks y'all.

 

[vNmd]

Google docs. It is less structured like beersmith, but things like that are overkill for me. I just needed something simple that was available everywhere. I can make / read notes at work or where ever I am which is more important to me than a formal log type of app / book.

 

[dpatrickv]

I use brewersfriend and beersmith. Prefer Brewersfriend though.

 

[Snicklefritz]

I use BeerSmith for recipe creation but I feel the notes/brew logging in BeerSmith are lacking something and that's where BrewToad fits in for me.

 

[ktblunden]

Another vote for Beersmith.

 

[Clintaurus]

A fresh piece of paper and a pen. I was using logs but find I'd rather just write it all out.


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[LovesIPA]

I use BeerSmith's log feature as well, but I find it doesn't let me record everything that I want to.

So I created an Excel template that I've been tweaking and tuning for a couple of months. It records everything I want to, and automatically calculates:

- temperature-corrected hydrometer readings
- ABV
- apparent attenuation
- real attenuation

It also lets me record dates and times of each step of the process.

BeerSmith also sucks at recording what mineral additions I make to mash and sparge water.

 

[bboyeruga]

I like making my recipe in Brewer's Friend, shopping, adjusting the recipe for what the LHBS had and then copying it into my brew "bible", a leather bound book of the Radical Brewing brew sheets. I don't trust myself to have technology around a brew day.

 

[okiedog]

Until I find what I want in a brew log, it sounds like I'll just have to make my own. I do like having a book form brew log. I can add notes and data to the log while I'm brewing, without having a computer in the way.

 

[jiMithing83]

My wife has dozens of journals that she's gotten as gifts and hasn't gotten around to filling up yet, I just grabbed one of those. I like it.

 

[FreshSafari]

Duplicate post.

 

[FreshSafari]

I use the brewers friend calculator online to make sure I'm in style range or just to know if I'm a bit to heavy on hops or other variables.
I like to have a physical copy of my recipes and notes just for a piece of mind. Never know when the CPU will take a dump and you lose everything.
I have always been a fan of taking notes and I like stickers so I put the two together and came out with something a little like this.

 

[Teromous]

I use the brewers friend calculator online to make sure I'm in style range or just to know if I'm a bit to heavy on hops or other variables.
I like to have a physical copy of my recipes and notes just for a piece of mind. Never know when the CPU will take a dump and you lose everything.
I have always been a fan of taking notes and I like stickers so I put the two together and came out with something a little like this.

Wow that is a nice looking log book! Pretty cool with all the stickers and stuff as well. You have good handwriting. If you re-brew do you just add on the back or do you start a new page? It's funny this thread resurfaced because I found my old "log book" yesterday. It started as my car maintenance manual and gas price log...then turned into a brew book that I lost for years...

 

[FreshSafari]

When I re-brew I start a new page I actually cut and glue a beer judging sheet on the back of each recipe. In that pic I didn't have a taste sheet posted because that one was still in primary! That way I can write my tasting notes down and some what judge how the recipe tasted to my liking!

 

[okiedog]

That is a nice brew log. Looks like something you could market. I like my brew log the way it's laid out, but I'd like to add a few things like water additives. I wonder how expensive it would be to make up my own brew log and bind it?

 

[FreshSafari]

Honestly not too much just make your log to your liking, make copy's and take em to kinkos or staples and I'm sure they bind em. Shoot em a call never hurts!

Before I settled on writing it all out I took a brew template online and printed a few, kept em in a 3 ring binder.

But discovered I'd rather write it all out, and since I'm on brew #5 I'm starting to learn from my notes.
Not making the same mistakes and getting my routine down!!

 

[okiedog]

There's a Kinko's (now FedEx) close by. Maybe I'll stop by, tell them what I want and ask what it would cost. Those brew notes are really important. I like to go back and look at my past brews of certain recipes to determine if and how I want to adjust the recipe.