BeerTools Discussion Forum

So I have an American Brown recipe I've brewed a few times, and since it's based off the recipe from Brewing Classic Styles I'm using the Rager (Simulated) hop utilization curve. The bitterness is calculated at 35 IBUs. But if I open the recipe, add notes and save, jump to another recipe and then ba...

1.5.3 runs great, but since trying to upgrade to 1.5.5 it crashes every time I try to launch it. I'm running Mac OS X 10.3. Is the new upgrade incompatible with such an old version of the OS?

I would welcome your recipes, if it isn't too much trouble. Thanks. And thank you to everyone else for their suggestions.

Ever since I began homebrewing my wife wants me to brew something for her. Unfortunately, she doesn't like beer. I think she just doesn't like things bitter, she won't drink coffee either. She wants something similar to a wine cooler, but all wine cooler kits I've come across require force carbonati...

I've done a couple of one gallon batches, a single packet of dried yeast worked just fine. I also tried the tablespoon of sugar in each bottle priming method and got wildly differing results. Primetabs seems like an easier and safer option. I've never used them, but am planning to in a one gallon te...