Kind of a sad end of an era
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Posted 18 April 2011 - 10:48 AM
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Posted 18 April 2011 - 11:02 AM
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Posted 18 April 2011 - 11:08 AM
I started out doing this and it caused me to make my own spreadsheet. I want to be able to quickly adjust my recipe and see what the results would be to the OG, SRM, etc.I have actually thought about just going back to pencil and paper. Dealing with computers and IT crap all day at work makes that option seem kind of therapeutic.
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Posted 18 April 2011 - 11:17 AM
Beersmith does that too. I end up using a calculator and double checking my values to get my volumes right. Last time I brewed it came out prefect. Cheers,RichI started out doing this and it caused me to make my own spreadsheet. I want to be able to quickly adjust my recipe and see what the results would be to the OG, SRM, etc.
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Posted 18 April 2011 - 11:21 AM
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Posted 18 April 2011 - 11:49 AM
+1Promash looks like an 8 bit atari game but it does everything I need. I can edit the databases to keep everything updated, I can tweak the calculators to account for my particular brew rig, and just as importantly I make what I consider reasonably good beer using it. Do these other software packages offer something significant that promash doesn't do?Still using ProMash. The only thing I don't like about it is it won't automatically update the style numbers from different BJCP versions in the recipes.
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Posted 18 April 2011 - 11:54 AM
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Posted 18 April 2011 - 11:58 AM
I went from paper and pencil to a spreadsheet as well. I was quite happy with it. Then I took an Access database class and made my own brewing database. I can adjsut recpies to see the affect on SRM, OG, IBU's etc. I use it like a recipe book. And I keep all of my batch data too. It is a nice reference. It is kind of rudimentary but it works for what I am using it for.I'm still using it to store recipes. Unfortunately I've gotten a bit lazy and haven't entered several recent batches into the database. Time to tighten up my practices I guess.I started out doing this and it caused me to make my own spreadsheet. I want to be able to quickly adjust my recipe and see what the results would be to the OG, SRM, etc.
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Posted 18 April 2011 - 12:04 PM
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Posted 18 April 2011 - 12:54 PM
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Posted 18 April 2011 - 01:25 PM
I'm still using ProMash and it runs just fine on Win 7 (if only Win 7 itself would run just fine ). The other programs look a lot spiffier but the last time I checked they didn't have all the features that I want to see. Until a program comes along that knocks my socks off, I'll just keep using it.
That about sums it up. I downloaded trial version of Beer Tools and BeerSmith a few years ago. While they both looked prettier, I didn't see any material improvement over ProMash. Until something comes along that is head and shoulders above PM in functionality, I can't see spending my brewing dollars on new software. The fact is I rarely say 'darn, I wish ProMash could do...".Promash does everything I need it to do. I dont plan on switching until I have too.
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Posted 18 April 2011 - 01:29 PM
Took the words right out of my fingers....Promash does everything I need it to do. I dont plan on switching until I have too.
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Posted 18 April 2011 - 02:07 PM
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