I don't offer this to convince anyone, just to say that not everybody enjoys BeerSmith, despite its status as the de facto brewing software solution. All of the gravities and volumes get entered on my phone (into the cloud version) and when all is said and done I now have two versions of the same recipe but one has all of the. I also admit that I like to understand the math behind things, so I set a goal to learn the math of brewing by developing my own tools. Generally I make recipes on my computer, copy to the cloud then when I brew I open up the cloud recipe on my phone. It's formatted to my liking, and it cherry-picks the data and formulae that I most value when assessing my recipes and process. So years back I developed my own spreadsheet, which has evolved to a thing of beauty (if I say so myself). I like each of my recipes to focus on certain key variables, and I like the info to be at my fingertips on brew day. Numerous data entry quirks that drive me nuts. Too many options and inputs and categories to deal with - clutter, clutter, clutter. I can understand it and am able to use it. I guess with over 30 replies, you're sold on BeerSmith. I manage an IT department and am pretty computer literate too, but I wouldn't consider it very difficult for a layman, as long as you set things up properly in options. I do think that it is one of those pieces of software where 80% of the people will only use 20% of the functionality. The new water tools are much improved in version 3. Most of the features are straight forward and well integrated. Once you have your profiles dialed in and have used it 5 or 6 times it is pretty easy and very useful. ![]() It even has the ability to use a proxy if necessary. As long as you set up your account and password on any installs there should not be any problems. I just have to remember which machine has which recipes, or as others have said, I have multiple copies. Although, I do make sure to copy my recipes down locally, just in case or if I decide to drop back to the non-subscription version only (15 cloud recipes). I can look recipes up on my phone at the LHBS and on my PCs at home and work. I use the cloud extensively and almost exclusively. I have never had any problems connecting to the cloud from any of the versions. That would let you simulate Beersmith's cloud for unlimited space without upgrading your license. ![]() I like the other persons idea of using one drive as the default store. I like the extra space but working with only 15 cloud recipes was not that big a deal. Having both new versions, I can install the new version on 4 computers and can have over 100 receipes in the cloud, up from the 15 I use to. ![]() I have the Android version and have upgraded to the full version 3 and also have a subscription. I have been using Beersmith since version 2.
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