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I sugned up in december 2014, giving it a chance. Thinking there would be a lot development and new features.
To be honest : it feels quite dead to me. Brewing with brewersfriend is still a hell and does not make my live easier, it makes it complicater.
Let's take a brewsessions from the first step : planning. I want to brew something based on my inventory. Just a little info about what recipes match my inventory, or a alert what ingredients (and amount) are not in the inventory are missing.
Next we go to the scaling. Ever tried to find out the max liters of beer to brew with a current recipe and setup?
Let me tell you : open recipe -> edit -> scale -> save(!) -> quick water requirements -> hmm , no error so potentially it would fit in the mash tun -> scale again -> save again -> quick water requirements -> still no error -> scale again -> save again -> quick water requirements -> error about exceeding limits of mash tun.
I do not want to save when fidling with volumes. I do not want to click and wait for calculations. I do not want to wait for a error, just tell me right away the volume of current mash with current volumes on the recipe editor please.
Or perhaps you want to create a new recipe. The only way to get the a specific gravity is by adding several ingredients and fiddling with grams. Why is not possible to enter a gravity and fill in the fermentables with the percentage for this recipe? Creating a recipe with the following set of rules "75% pilsner malt, 15% wheat and 10% biscuit, with a OG 1.063" would be finished in seconds.
The we have brewday. Oops .. the fresh hops you bought have a different alpha then the alpha mentioned in the recipe from a year ago. Now you have to remember the current IBU for that hop moment, change the alpha in the input field and fiddle with the grams to match the IBU's you remembered in the first place.
I do not think I'm asking for ridiculous options. In my opinion these options should be basic stuff for brewing software.
Can the devvers of brewersfriend give their opinion on these matters. Will the ever be build in? How long would it take to build in?
Thanks in advance
To be honest : it feels quite dead to me. Brewing with brewersfriend is still a hell and does not make my live easier, it makes it complicater.
Let's take a brewsessions from the first step : planning. I want to brew something based on my inventory. Just a little info about what recipes match my inventory, or a alert what ingredients (and amount) are not in the inventory are missing.
Next we go to the scaling. Ever tried to find out the max liters of beer to brew with a current recipe and setup?
Let me tell you : open recipe -> edit -> scale -> save(!) -> quick water requirements -> hmm , no error so potentially it would fit in the mash tun -> scale again -> save again -> quick water requirements -> still no error -> scale again -> save again -> quick water requirements -> error about exceeding limits of mash tun.
I do not want to save when fidling with volumes. I do not want to click and wait for calculations. I do not want to wait for a error, just tell me right away the volume of current mash with current volumes on the recipe editor please.
Or perhaps you want to create a new recipe. The only way to get the a specific gravity is by adding several ingredients and fiddling with grams. Why is not possible to enter a gravity and fill in the fermentables with the percentage for this recipe? Creating a recipe with the following set of rules "75% pilsner malt, 15% wheat and 10% biscuit, with a OG 1.063" would be finished in seconds.
The we have brewday. Oops .. the fresh hops you bought have a different alpha then the alpha mentioned in the recipe from a year ago. Now you have to remember the current IBU for that hop moment, change the alpha in the input field and fiddle with the grams to match the IBU's you remembered in the first place.
I do not think I'm asking for ridiculous options. In my opinion these options should be basic stuff for brewing software.
Can the devvers of brewersfriend give their opinion on these matters. Will the ever be build in? How long would it take to build in?
Thanks in advance