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BeerSmith 2 comes pre-loaded with many of the most common ingredients you will use for brewing beer.  Using these ingredients is as simple as opening a new recipe and selecting the "Add Hops", "Add Grains", etc... buttons within the recipe design tab.  You can also manage your inventory of items from within this view.

 

However, occasionally you may find it necessary to add your own ingredients.  Fortunately the entire ingredient database is open to you for editing, so you can add or edit ingredients at will.

 

Note that you can import ingredients from others using the Open command, and share your custom ingredients with others using the Export Selected command.  When importing, be sure to copy/paste the ingredients you wish to keep into the appropriate ingredient view below.

 

Note: When you use ingredients within a recipe, a complete copy of that ingredient is stored within the recipe so it can be shared with others.  Therefore changing a value in your ingredients views (below) will only affect future recipes made with that ingredient, and will not alter previously made recipes or recipes you imported from another source.

 

Using Ingredient Tables