Recipe Organization - SOLVED

[Kevin58]

When I find a recipe online that I like... especially historic recipes provided by Ron Pattinson and Edd the Beer History Bloke... I add it to my Beersmith recipes. I have around 300 recipes at the moment. All styles are saved in separate folders... Bitter/Pale Ale... Brown... IPA... etc.

Recently I have downsized my batch size from a typical 5 gallons to 2.5 gallons.

What I have been doing lately is entering a recipe as found (most all are written for 5 gallon batches) and save that in its proper folder. I then use the scale tool to resize for my personal use and save it again in a separate folder.

What I have been wondering is should I go through the trouble to re-scale all of my recipes to my new preferred batch so I don't have duplicate folders... One IPA folder for 5 gallon batches and a second IPA folder for 2.5 gallon batches for example. Or just start transcribing and saving everything as 2.5 gallon batches skipping completely the creation of the recipe in it's 5 gallon iteration?

Option three as I see it is to continue saving recipes as I find them and then re-sizing the batch when I decide to brew one.

What would you do?

 

[GigaFemto]

It depends on whether you are still going to brew any 5 gallon batches. If it is always going to be 2.5 gallons from here on out, or mostly so, then just save everything as a 2.5 gallon batch and scale it up if and when you need it. If you are going to be mixing batch sizes regularly, then I would keep separate listings.

I tried downsizing last year and found that it was just as much work for half the beer, and the record-keeping was awkward. My solution was to go back to brewing 5 gallon batches and give away more of it. So far that is working well. I have received no complaints from the recipients.

--GF

 

[Holderford]

When I find a recipe online that I like... especially historic recipes provided by Ron Pattinson and Edd the Beer History Bloke... I add it to my Beersmith recipes. I have around 300 recipes at the moment. All styles are saved in separate folders... Bitter/Pale Ale... Brown... IPA... etc.

Recently I have downsized my batch size from a typical 5 gallons to 2.5 gallons.

What I have been doing lately is entering a recipe as found (most all are written for 5 gallon batches) and save that in its proper folder. I then use the scale tool to resize for my personal use and save it again in a separate folder.

What I have been wondering is should I go through the trouble to re-scale all of my recipes to my new preferred batch so I don't have duplicate folders... One IPA folder for 5 gallon batches and a second IPA folder for 2.5 gallon batches for example. Or just start transcribing and saving everything as 2.5 gallon batches skipping completely the creation of the recipe in it's 5 gallon iteration?

Option three as I see it is to continue saving recipes as I find them and then re-sizing the batch when I decide to brew one.

What would you do?

I’d probably keep the original recipe as entered and only create a 2.5 gallon version when I actually plan to brew it. That way you preserve the source exactly as written, avoid maintaining duplicate folders for everything, and only make scaled copies for recipes that are actually worth brewing.

 

[Brabtleater]

When I find a recipe online that I like... especially historic recipes provided by Ron Pattinson and Edd the Beer History Bloke... I add it to my Beersmith recipes. I have around 300 recipes at the moment. All styles are saved in separate folders... Bitter/Pale Ale... Brown... IPA... etc.

Recently I have downsized my batch size from a typical 5 gallons to 2.5 gallons.

What I have been doing lately is entering a recipe as found (most all are written for 5 gallon batches) and save that in its proper folder. I then use the scale tool to resize for my personal use and save it again in a separate folder.

What I have been wondering is should I go through the trouble to re-scale all of my recipes to my new preferred batch so I don't have duplicate folders... One IPA folder for 5 gallon batches and a second IPA folder for 2.5 gallon batches for example. Or just start transcribing and saving everything as 2.5 gallon batches skipping completely the creation of the recipe in it's 5 gallon iteration?

Option three as I see it is to continue saving recipes as I find them and then re-sizing the batch when I decide to brew one tomb of the mask.

What would you do?

I think the best approach depends on how often you revisit older recipes. If it were me, I’d probably avoid maintaining two full sets of folders because it can get messy fast. Instead, I’d keep the original 5-gallon recipes as the “master” version for reference and historical accuracy, and then only scale them down to 2.5 gallons when I actually plan to brew them.

 

[Amalthea]

When I find a recipe online that I like... especially historic recipes provided by Ron Pattinson and Edd the Beer History Bloke... I add it to my Beersmith recipes. I have around 300 recipes at the moment. All styles are saved in separate folders... Bitter/Pale Ale... Brown... IPA... etc.

Recently I have downsized my batch size from a typical 5 gallons to 2.5 gallons.

What I have been doing lately is entering a recipe as found (most all are written for 5 gallon batches) and save that in its proper folder. I then use the scale tool to resize for my personal use and save it again in a separate folder.

What I have been wondering is should I go through the trouble to re-scale all of my recipes to my new preferred batch so I don't have duplicate folders... One IPA folder for 5 gallon batches and a second IPA folder for 2.5 gallon batches for example. Or just start transcribing and saving everything as 2.5 gallon batches skipping completely the creation of the recipe in it's 5 gallon iteration?

The third option, as I see it, is to keep saving recipes as I come across them, and then adjust the batch size when I decide to brew a beer. In the meantime, while the wort is fermenting, I can take my mind off things and relax a bit. However, as I tried to figure out the intricacies of another hobby of mine, I ran into some confusion. I was confused about Interac casinos because different sites described deposits, withdrawals, and verification in different ways. Experts on Interac in the gambling industry - Interacasino.com - helped me get a clearer overview of how Interac is usually discussed for Canadian online casinos. The useful part was having payment details and casino comparison points in one place. After that, it was easier to know what to verify directly on each operator’s payment page.

What would you do?

I would choose the third option and scale the recipes right before brewing. This will save you the hassle of recalculating 300 recipes, most of which you won’t be brewing anytime soon. Most importantly, this way you’ll preserve the historical accuracy of Ron and Edd’s originals in case you change your equipment capacity again later. Just create a single working folder for your current plans, copy the original from the style folder into it, and click the “Scale Recipe” button to match your 2.5-gallon profile.

 

[Kevin58]

SOLVED. Thanks for the comments.