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If the ingredients are not in the database you add them in a separate database editing screen. For hops you can also select the form and the use (mash, first wort, boil, aroma, dry hop), enter the time and make adjustments to the alpha value for the hops. It’s quite simple and intuitive to use, you choose your ingredients from the drop-down lists of fermentables, hops and misc (for anything else) and enter the weights. Here’s a look at the main screen with a recipe loaded: I found that either of those apps would have met my needs but I settled on BrewMate as it had more features, a nicer interface and has been updated more recently. Two of the apps that I looked at were QBrew and BrewMate.
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At that point I was considering buying a copy of the popular BeerSmith but first decided to have a look at some of the free brewing software apps available. In the past I had played with the BeerSmith free trial version and then settled down on an Excel spreadsheet application called Kit & Extract Beer Designer which served my needs well until I started doing partial mashes. I came across BrewMate when I was looking for a free recipe calculator application. Links to the other reviews are at the bottom of this post. Hey there, this post is a collaboration post with some other home brewing bloggers to review all the different brewing software applications that we use.