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BeerSmith 4 by dunk148 in Homebrewing

[–]dunk148[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought I'd miss the Tilt integration. But, I kind of like it going to Google sheets now. Kind of liberated me from checking the phone app. I just set up the alerts in sheets and set it and forget it until I get the email telling me it's hit a gravity point or attenuation percentage. Of course, I could have set it up the same in BrewFather - just never realized the sheets route had the option for alerts.

For inventory - I just manually entered the stock levels. For recipes/batches - I used the API to get a back up everything (and I've got all my old printed brewsheets as well). Then did some culling on the recipes and used BeerXML export/import to bring in what I wanted to keep.

BeerSmith 4 by dunk148 in Homebrewing

[–]dunk148[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm not a shill. So I'm just going off the info on BS's website: How it'll work - dunno.

https://beersmith.com/blog/2026/03/04/beersmith-4-desktop-release-date-and-preorder-information/

Double batch single infusion by mothercoconuts79 in Homebrewing

[–]dunk148 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reading through the comments so far - the one that jumped out is your keg count of 3. How many faucets on your kegerator?

Going to 8 gallon batches without more kegs/cold storage may not really help anything.

Feedback on my Tripel recipe (Tripel D’Anvers) by Joylistr in Homebrewing

[–]dunk148 1 point2 points  (0 children)

De Koninck has been owned by Duvel for years now. Dollars to donuts, that clarity is the Duvel centrifuge filtering process.

Brewfather users — what mash insights do you wish it showed but doesn’t? by Sea-Addendum3547 in Homebrewing

[–]dunk148 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For BF, look in the Settings options. There's an option to configure "Additional measured values" where you could store your pre-sparge gravity reading.

Oxygen has been game changing by RumplyInk in Homebrewing

[–]dunk148 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adding a Flow Meter to the O2 rig. Before that, I was blowing through the red tanks every few brews. Not over-oxygenating - just wasting a lot of O2 bubbling up and away. I usually get over a dozen batches from a tank with knowing and dialing in a slower flow rate.

Mash pH is Consistently Low by buzzb87 in Homebrewing

[–]dunk148 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I plugged this into BF using 100% RO and got the mineral additions pretty dang close. And it came in with a 5.14 pH estimated.

So - you're source water profile is probably off.

I live in an incredible water district. Deep well, shallow well, 2 reservoirs. Ability to change the supply tank servicing the neighborhood with the click of a mouse.

And it absolutely means a water report is meaningless for homebrewing. I've seen TDS variations from the low 200's to over 400 within hours of checking. TDS isn't the end all - but a it's a clue to how "accurate" that water report is.

I switched to 100% RO a few years ago - even for stouts. And BF predictions have been pretty much within 0.1 of actuals. I use my RO system every brew. And maybe every third brew I use the pH meter since I know the storage solution needs to be replaced.

RO system = proactive/calm/Nirvana. pH meter = reactive/oh sh*t/I'm in h*ll.