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New to beersmith need help converting from ProMash

balvey

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I've been brewing off and on for over 10 years now, used ProMash for about 7 of those years and just switched over to BeerSmith 2. I liked the concept of having Recipes that you used to create a brew day. From what I've seen with using BeerSmith, you don't necessarily create a brew day out of a recipe that you reuse.

It seems to me that I'll lose notes and variations if I want to re-brew a particular beer. How do you get around this? Just copy a recipe and rename it? Not real fond of that approach. :(
 
Hello Balvey,

What I am doing is I created a folder within BS2 for the year im brewing in. Then, I create a base recipe in the "My Recipes" folder.  Once the recipe is created and I'm ready to brew, I simply copy the recipe into the current "Year 2016" folder.  This way, I am able to keep notes on that particular brew. I can also duplicate it if I choose to into another year, month, week, or any other method you prefer for keeping track of your recipes.  I can then refer back to it anytime in the future.  I understand what you refer to as "brew day".  I also used a software package before and it used "batch" as a method of keeping track of your "brew day".  I think, however, you will find the suggestion I have offered to be useful and it should solve concern.  The process is simple and seamless.
 

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Welcome to BeerSmith and the forum!

You can create various recipe folders for any sort of organization you need. Once you decide to brew a recipe, you can click the "Copy to Log" button found hidden in plain sight, right in the middle of the home ribbon. BeerSmith will create a brewlog folder if one doesn't already exist. Simply change the brew date and then add all the notes and measurements as you go. Now the recipe is a standalone record of what you brewed. BeerSmith allows multiple copies of identically named recipes, but you can sort by date to record your latest batch.

Pro Tip 1: When creating new recipes, give them all an old date (I use 1/1/01). When it's copied to the brew log, this date can be sorted to the top for easy access.

Pro Tip 2: Create a basic recipe that has all of your preferred profiles and common ingredients. Clear all of the measured fields and notes. Then click "Set As Default." Now, each time you add a new recipe, your equipment, fermentation and carbonation profiles are in place, plus all the tedious ingredients like Irish moss and yeast are preset.
 
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