I am really loving Beersmith but there is one concept that I am having trouble with and that is the concept of what effect changes to ingredients have. Under "Views" I have my master lists or Hops, Grains and Extracts, etc. I also have "My Recipies" and 2 subfolders, one of which contains my recipies and one of which contains my brewlogs. Any recipie I have ever brewed starts in my recipies and then I do a "copy to brewlog". I am getting ready to brew an IPA. The Norther Brewer Hops show an alpha value of 6.4% on the package but the standard value in Beersmith shows 8.5%. If I double click the NB hops entry in the recipie view will that only change the value for that specific entry (or recipie I am currently working on)? My ultimate question is if there are any changes I could make to an ingredient that would have a global effect or once a recipie is put togeather does that just copy current information and any changes made within the recipie only affect the current recipie and any changes made to ingredients only effect future entries?
Mike
Mike