Macintosh Brewing Software - Beeralchemy

[Steve]

mmmmbuggggger!
Cheers Tangent
Steve

 

[tangent]

beta testing the next version now, and there's some COOL extras.
I'm sure BA users out there in AHB land will be stoked!

 

[kook]

What kind of extras are we talking?

I own a copy of BA, but don't use it anymore. Although I love the interface and some of the features (grist by percent etc), I find Beersmith (under VMWare) much better in terms of equipment calibration etc.

 

[tangent]

can't mention too much yet, but inventory and lots of little bits and pieces have been tweaked and improved.
I can't think of anything I'm needing in BA as far as equipment calibration. Have you set up "my brewery" and "my water" preferences?

 

[kook]

Yeah, I don't have access to the app at the moment (at work) but will take another look at home tonight. I seem to remember a lack of compensation for deadspace in the kettle & tun and other small tweaks like that. It is possible that things have changed as I haven't used it in at least 6 months.

 

[tangent]

If you require any tweaks, just use the feedback option and Steve generally includes it in the new release.

Remind me, what does deadspace (the gap above the mash/wort?) in the kettle and tun do in regards to brewing results? My strike temps and mash temps have been spot on.

 

[kook]

If you require any tweaks, just use the feedback option and Steve generally includes it in the new release.

Remind me, what does deadspace (the gap above the mash/wort?) in the kettle and tun do in regards to brewing results? My strike temps and mash temps have been spot on.

Useful for calculating required sparge water (though I must admit I do this manually now anyway) and tweaking batch size.

I'll download the latest vers tonight and take another look.

 

[tangent]

It's all there mate

 

[devo]

I've been using this software for sometime now and would be lost without it.

 

[tangent]

I think you'll be stoked with the new version Devo. I'm doing a brew on Friday (hopefully) so I'll take the new beta for a real spin then.
The inventory improvements mean I'm actually going to spend 1/2 a day in the shed and inventory EVERYTHING! Malt, hops, a/a levels, whirlflock, you name it....
Then hopefully, no more last minute changes of recipe because I've run out of something.