Welcome to BeerSmith! > Using Profiles and Styles

Profiles such as equipment and mash profiles let you store a commonly used set of equipment or process and apply it to a recipe as needed. Styles includes the beer style database which is used in the recipe design tool to compare recipes against established standards for a style. The most popular beer style database (The BJCP style database) is included with BeerSmith. All of the profiles and styles are used in the beer recipe design process.

For a new user of BeerSmith, the standard styles and profiles should be sufficient to get started. However, it is strongly recommended that you create your own personal equipment profile early on so you have the correct equipment setup for new recipes.

Using Profiles and Styles

o	Styles Database - a collection of data on beer styles from around the world

o	Equipment Profiles - used to manage your brewing equipment

o	Mash Profiles - used to make mashing as simple as possible

o	Carbonation Profiles - used in recipes for bottling and kegging techniques

o	Fermentation Profiles - used in fermenting and aging your beer