I'm new to the forums, not as new to brewing. I've only been brewing for about a year, but it's turned into such an obsession that I feel I'll be doing it for 60 more.
Welcome aboard - lots of great folks here. I'm on month 6 and batch #4 - still learning a lot. BeerSmith is a great tool to help understand how malt - hops - water - process all interact to affect a beer recipe.
Three years, lost track of which batch number. My first several batches were from the recipes i obtained on the web or from my LHBS. Been designing my own since. Been using beersmith for the last 2 1/2 years with no problems.