I’m pleased to announce that BeerSmith 4 has entered beta testing for both Mac and Windows, and is progressing towards a release early this Spring. BeerSmith 4 will bring you tighter cloud integration, a secure SQL storage system, improved brewing calculations, a streamlined interface and much more. It will let you choose either web based or local storage as your primary data source, and give you access to both easily. It also incorporates dozens of new features for both home and pro brewers. The update will be free for all Gold, Platinum and Pro license holders. Basic license users will need to upgrade since this is a major version change.
BeerSmith 4 will continue the tradition of providing the most powerful brewing tools to the home and professional brewer.
BeerSmith Price Updates
With the new year and upcoming release I’ve decided to adjust pricing. The new baseline Gold yearly license will now be $19.95/year for new licenses, with other levels going up a similar amount. For the time being, I’ve grandfathered existing subscribers, so the vast majority of users on autorenew will not see a price increase.
I’ve not changed the price of BeerSmith since 2018 even after adding the valuable BeerSmith web version for free in 2021 and a number of updates. However, several changes have driven this decision. The homebrew market has been in decline for over 10 years and is now a small fraction of what it was in 2014. Recently the Craft Beer market entered a similar decline. Operating costs have also risen, especially in the years since COVID. My competitors have all raised their prices well above even my new price levels.
Along with the price change, I’ve raised the recipe storage limits for all Gold, Platinum and Pro users in the last few days, recently updated virtually all of the active yeast addons and I’m integrating the key upcoming BeerSmith 4 features into BeerSmith web also.
BeerSmith is an outstanding value. The gold license at $19.95/year ($1.66/month), includes the BeerSmith 3 desktop program with the upcoming BeerSmith 4 release as well as the web based version which you can use from any internet connected device including your tablet or phone. You also get access to 10’s of thousands of shared recipes on BeerSmithRecipes.com as well as the ability to create Beer, Mead, Wine, Cider (and soon Seltzer) recipes anywhere. And you get access to free data updates, a steady stream of new recipes on BeerSmithRecipes.com and new features as they are released. Finally, I am continuing to put out new podcast episodes, interviews, my weekly newsletter and brewing articles on the blog.
Thank you for your continued support!
Brad Smith, PhD, BeerSmith LLC
