recipe designing software

[Mark1964]

dont know ill try it and see. We boil for 90 mins

 

[markpeace]

I'm using iBrewMaster for the iPad. I likes.

 

[Mark1964]

your right its not when its how long for. So for the recipe ive just adjusted the ibu was correct when i altered it to 90 mins. So for all the recipes on beer engine its how long to boil not when to add

Thanks

 

[johnnyboy1965]

your right its not when its how long for. So for the recipe ive just adjusted the ibu was correct when i altered it to 90 mins. So for all the recipes on beer engine its how long to boil not when to add

Thanks

Yes, Its quite a common mistake.absolutley nothing to worry about, weve all made the same mistake (Im def. not patronizing anyone) Its one of those things.
After 50 AGs I still have to sit own and work it out on a piece of paper first

 

[Mark1964]

it only seems to apply to wheelers recipes though

 

[johnnyboy1965]

it only seems to apply to wheelers recipes though

There is a difference in "reading" a recipe. Its got confused somewhere along the line. No ones fault, but you have to understand which end of the "boil" you are starting from. In my opinion, we all start at the wrong end...ie
If you boil for 90 mins a recipe should state..."start at 90mins with 20g of Target Hops (eg).....@ 70 mins add 50g of Fuggles (eg).....@ 5mins add 50g of EKG....@0mins ...finish

Glad youve got it.

GW is writing his recipes "forwards"

 

[johnnyboy1965]

I dont have a copy of GW book, can someone confirm this please?

 

[TheMumbler]

I think GW just says from the start of the boil and 10 mins from the end in the book

I thought it was fairly normal state the number of minutes before the end of the boil for hop additions i.e. amount of time that the hops are boiled for. Beer engine and qbrew both use this convention and it seems to be how most people state it on the forums. I can remember finding it a bit counter intuitive at first, possibly using @ rather than "for" causes the confusion.

 

[Mark1964]

its sorted now all the recipes ive done now have the correct ibu

 

[johnnyboy1965]

I think GW just says from the start of the boil and 10 mins from the end in the book

I thought it was fairly normal state the number of minutes before the end of the boil for hop additions i.e. amount of time that the hops are boiled for. Beer engine and qbrew both use this convention and it seems to be how most people state it on the forums. I can remember finding it a bit counter intuitive at first, possibly using @ rather than "for" causes the confusion.

Its done that way because some people boil for 90 mins and some for 60 mins. You should state at the startof your recipe, how long is the boil time

 

[Aleman]

Just to throw an off the wall option into the mix

BeerAlchemy For the Mac
BeerAlchemy Touch For The iPad
BrewMath For the iPhone

Those bits of software are the only reason I would consider having an apple product in the house!!!

 

[Buzzing]

I've recently started using BeerEngine and this has made a world of difference in understanding the finer details regarding colour and IBU, and even overall balance in a good recipe.

I now pick a style that I want to brew to get a rough idea of what is required.

I then adjust the recipe with what I have in stock or what I prefer to use above that indicated in the initial recipe.

Then I fine-tune qtys in the brew design until I hit the correct colour and IBU as per the style. Hit Print and go brew !

Brewing now is not a blind affair anymore, but rather targeting a style and getting close enough to it in terms of end-results that minor deviating characteristics is of little concern.

I know the progression everyone thinks about when starting up brewing is :

Kit > Extract > Extract+speciality grains > partial mashing ? > All Grain and ahhhh I made it, but I'd put getting to grips with recipe design and utilising software as a tool as a step just as important as all the others in the progression.

Oh yes, BeerEngine's free too, so why would one not use it ?

 

[Cononthebarber]

I have Linux and beer engine doesn't work (or rather I can't get it to work using Wine) but Beer Smith 2 is compatible and has lots of useful bits in it to create a recipe, also a load of free ones too! I tried Qbrew but it is all in crazy imperial measurments and it hurts my head trying to convert everything everytime! My trial of Beer smith has now run out now so I will have to pay for it...but I don't really mind as its a quality bit of software :thumb:

 

[zgoda]

Brewtarget works flawlessly on Linux and is not biased towards any measurement system... But I prefer beersmith anyway.

 

[Mark1964]

I find beersmith tedious and time consuming. All the presets have to be entered and just too much hassle

 

[MaltyMat]

I use linux and qbrew. I find it quite straight forward to use, and its free.
You can change the settings between imperial and metric , cannot recall where i think its part of the main settings (on the train at the moment. Will check when i get home).

 

[TheMumbler]

qbrew defaults to US imperial but you can easily change it to metric

options - configure - calculations tab

 

[puravida]

I played around with beer calculus for a while before I got Brewsmith.
It's free and very user-friendly.

 

[MaltyMat]

Cononthebarber:

You can change the Qbrew measurements to metric, via "Options" --> "Configure", select the calculations tab and then set the Measurement units to your liking :thumb: .

 

[dennisking]

I use Grahams beer engine, I find it efficient and free.