Brewfather vs beersmith5/17/2023 ![]() 'Basic' definitely isn't what I'd call the grain selection, especially when there are not only grain types from all of the maltsters that many of us are familiar with, but also ones such as Avangard, Bonsak Gardsmalteri, Cargill, Double Eagle, Gambrinus, Hoepfner, Ireks, Norsk, Mecca Grade Estate, etc.Īnother comment about there being no option for 'no chill' isn't quite right either.įor late boil additions, you'd probably still have to allow extra time in the schedule to compensate for the hops being in contact with hot wort while it's cooling, much like in BS. I notice LRG has commented about 'very basic grain types' in a post on the Beersmith 3 thread. I must say, I was a bit surprised at the lack interest in it, especially considering how well designed and popular the app is. Good to see this thread has had some life breathed into it. I guess for iOS users it's less usable since apparently that functionality isn't supported, so no home screen shortcut Ingredients are there, and mobile functionality via Android is fairly straightforward (the web app automatically suggests adding BF to your home screen if you use it via an Android device). Hop additions are represented in g/L in addition to weight addedĬons - haven't found any that I consider notable as yet. The whole tracking process is made far easier this way - if I want to, I can check out previous completed batches of a recipe, check currently fermenting batches, or start a new one. Brewfather allows you to create a recipe, and then create batches from that recipe. It always irritated me that Beersmith didn't allow me to track my recipes batch-to-batch, ie if I wanted to brew a previously brewed recipe in BS, I'd have to copy it and clear out all my old session data, effectively creating a new "recipe" just to track the new batch. I've just tested the waters with Brewfather after being a Beersmith user since day 1. Mods, move those posts if you feel so inclined I'm really looking forward doing a few batches using it and possibly flicking BS.īumping this thread since there's a lot of Brewfather discussion going on in the Beersmith 3 thread that probably belongs here. I haven't really seen it mentioned much anywhere, but it would be interesting to find out what other users think of it. That might be a bit of a drawback at times. ![]() It's an online app, so you need internet connection to access it. There a few are other features available on premium that aren't available on the free version, printing recipes, sharing, exporting recipes, but nothing major. There's a mobile app that can be used with either version too. There's a free version and a premium version for $19.99 per year, which as far as I can tell have pretty much most of the same tools, except that with the free version you can only store 10 recipes unless you delete ones you no longer need, whereas with the premium version it's unlimited. Being a new programme, there will no doubt be a few bugs to iron out and the designers, ( from Finland I think) are keen to get feedback from users if there are any issues, so that they can fix them straight away. So far my experience with Brewfather is that it has a cleaner, more intuitive interface, it's not as cluttered or bloated as BS. ![]() Even though the changes seem to be a vast improvement on BS2. A new interface, more user friendly, more intuitive, etc but from my brief trial of it, that hasn't happened. What I was hoping for with BS3 was a bit of a re-design. ![]() ![]() I'd always found BS2 to be rather clunky and bloated and some Add-Ons and inputs didn't really seem to do anything and the water profile tool was pretty much useless. I heard about the brewing app - Brewfather a couple of weeks ago, around the same time that I was trialling Beersmith 3 with the intention of most likely upgrading from BS2 to BS3. ![]()
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