BeerTools vs. ProMash

[donshizzles]

Any comparisons? Any thoughts on the best home brew software on the market?

[jawbox]

depends on what you are looking for. In my opinion BTP is a fantastic program for all grain brewing. Promash is also good although the interface is a little cumbersome and dated.

You could try the demo version and see which you prefer.

Later,
Jaw

[sandman]

I am new to this forum and probably can't find the appropriate link. I have used Promash for the past 18 months on my wife's PC. I got Beer Tools for use on my Mac. ProMash has a function that will estimate of the OG while you are formulating a receipe. I can't seem to find that function with Beer Tools. Is it there and I'm too dumb to find it?

Dennis Keeton

[slothrob]

If you have the Analysis tab selected just below the section where you enter the recipe, the OG will appear a little bit below that tab as you enter ingredients into the recipe.

[sandman]

I have found the recipe calculator online and it is doing what I want. However, while off line the analysis tab calculates SRM, IBU without any problem. The OG that I see in the analysis tab is around 1.010 with a grain bill of 11.5 lb of grain. As I said, the online calculator works well. Off Line it looks as if I need to enter actual values.

Cheers,
Dennis

[slothrob]

What volume do you have entered into Final Volume? 30 gallons, maybe?

[sandman]

Kettle volume is 6.96 gallon
Wort boil Duration 1.5 hr
Evaporation loss 2.25 gal
Water vol added 0.0
Final Vol @68 degrees 4.52

OG,TG,,and Alcohol areto the far left of the bar figureColor and Bitterness corespond with the online calculator.

Must I be on line to have the functionality of the beer tools?

I'm brewing tomorrow, wish me luck.
Cheers,
Dennis

[slothrob]

No, you don't need to be online to use BeerTools Pro.

What do you have your Efficiency set to?

[sandman]

the eff is set to 70%

Cheers,
Dennis Keeton

[sandman]

I finished my brew day. I decided to start over and reinput the recipe I had been having so much trouble with. The analysis worked without a hitch with all of the sliders being in the style guideline range. I don't know what the deal is. I input everything as I had done earlier. This time the program worked as advertised. I don't see how it could have been operator headspace, but ...it worked this time. I'll have to do more study. It's a good thing I plan on brewing next weekend.

[slothrob]

Glad it worked out. Hopefully it's a one time glitch.