Beersmith Question

[Keith]

So I'm looking at purchasing Beersmith. I haven't purchased it yet as my home computer is a POS and will fail any day. My question is if I do decide to get it and take my chances. Are my equipment profiles and recipes stored on the local PC or are they stored on a beersmith database server?

[GuingesRock]

Stored on your PC. I back mine up to my gmail. I Zipper the folder found in "my document"s and attach it to an email to myself.

[LiverDance]

Beersmith now has a cloud service so you can save recipes to but not equipment. You could just email it to yourself so you'll have it available there or on google cloud

[GillettBreweryCnslt]

Dropbox is a good idea too.

When you buy Beersmith you can legally install it on 2 machines. This issue I have is that when I modify a recipe on one it, of course, doesn't make the change to the other. Does anyone know if there is a merge feature?

[LiverDance]

Dropbox is a good idea too.

When you buy Beersmith you can legally install it on 2 machines. This issue I have is that when I modify a recipe on one it, of course, doesn't make the change to the other. Does anyone know if there is a merge feature?

use the cloud, it'll have access from both and save the changes you made.

[redoubt]

So I'm looking at purchasing Beersmith. I haven't purchased it yet as my home computer is a POS and will fail any day. My question is if I do decide to get it and take my chances. Are my equipment profiles and recipes stored on the local PC or are they stored on a beersmith database server?

You won't regret buying Beersmith, Keith! It's a bit of a PITA getting your system dialed in, but it's an invaluable tool.

It's still on sale at OBK, too: http://www.ontariobeerkegs.com/SearchRe ... mit=Search" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Kirsten.

[Keith]

Yea I may have to bite the bullet lol. As for getting it dialed in, I think it will take a few brews but shouldn't be too bad. I wish I didn't 2nd guess my original calculations on my first brew that I calc'd. added 2 liters and was over volume.

Dave do you have plans to sell beersmith @ Everwood?

[Broob]

As an alternative, I use Beersmith for iPhone and while it's not a good as the PC version, it does everything I need it to. Under $10 I think.

[adams81]

use the cloud, it'll have access from both and save the changes you made.

+1
I develop my recipes in the cloud so that they can be accessed from both my mobile and PC. Once I'm done taking notes on the process I move it off the cloud and archive it in my PC. Works so nice.

[LeafMan66_67]

Yep - I use the free cloud service to develop my recipes since I can access on phone, tablet, laptop and home computer.