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My Recipes and Folders

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BeerSmith stores all of your recipes in the main My Recipes folder and sub-folders.  Your recipes folder is shown on the left side of the main BeerSmith window as a tree.  You can click on the My Recipes folder or any of the subfolders to display the recipes within those folders.

 

In addition, BeerSmith maintans a Brew Log where you can store complete copies of your recipes as brewed for future reference.

 

Note: You do not need to explicitly save any of your recipes stored in your My Recipes folder or any of the profiles or ingredients in the main profile or ingredient views.  These are saved automatically when you close BeerSmith and also saved in the background every few minutes if your computer is idle.

 

See Also: Importing and Exporting Files, Building a Recipe, Scaling and Adjusting Recipes

 

Adding a Recipe Folder

oYou can add a folder to your My Recipes folder or any sub-folder by selecting the parent folder and clicking the Add Folder button on the ribbon.

 

Navigating Recipe Folders

oRecipe folders are typically opened over the existing My Recipes view and you can navigate between them using the Back and Forward buttons on the toolbar.
oYou can also change folders by clicking on the folder name in the tree shown on the left side of the main view.

 

Moving Recipes Between Folders

oYou can Cut/Copy/Paste recipes and entire folders to rearrange them within your folders.
oYou can also drag and drop folders and recipes to other folders - usually this is best done if you drag an item or selected items from the folder to the tree view folders on the left.

 

Adding Recipes to the Brew Log

oYou can recipe to your Brew Log folder Copy to Log button on the ribbon.

 

Adding a Recipe within a Folder

oYou can create a new recipe in any folder by opening that folder and then clicking the Add Recipe button
oSee this section for information on designing your recipe