One of the things that I find awesome in Brewfather, is that you can add extra fields to the each batch. In my case I add the Tap number, and from my home automation I get the data of what is available on each tap of my keezer directly from Brewfather (other awesome feature).
I've used Beersmith software for 10-15 years and it works fine. Bought it 1 time for I think $30 and have used the same license with no problems. Im sure Brewfather got its ideas from BeerSmith based on its similarities.... Good to know theres an alternative but there's no reason for me to change. Thanks.
Competition is a great thing. All these different programs are trying to be the best again & again. We, as the consumer, are the winners. Items you describe here can only enhance my brewing knowledge, experience, and my end product. Thank you.
I moved to Brewfather from my own spreadsheet grain bill and water calculations, a couple of years ago and never looked back. It's incredibly good value and support from Thomas (when I've very occasionally needed it) has been first class. What I like most is the ability to dial in your equipment and customise, resulting in near perfect accuracy in hitting both OG and wort volume targets. The equipment profile can be a little off putting at first as there are so many parameters, but stick with it. In 2 or 3 brews you will have it nailed. Great video Brian
Great video! I really am loving Brewfather too. So many useful (and easy-to-use) features. The one thing I wish it had is some kind of forum tied to each recipe in the library, so people could comment on how the recipe turned out, ability to ask questions about the recipe, etc. Maybe there is and I just don't know how to find it. Not quite a power user yet!
Your first reason is what kept me from switching to Brewfather. I'm comfortable with Brewer's Friend and it has all the same tools. It may not have as extensive integrations, but I don't use or need anything integrated.
Nicely done Brian….Brewfather sure is winning a lot of brewers over. I could not imagine using anything else now and I was many years into using Beersmith before I switched.
Great video! Switched to Brewfather a year ago and never looked back. Another leading software platform never embraced that homebrewers wanted to create an instance of a recipe as a batch and measure to it-Brewfather does this out of the box. Oh and the t-shirt is from the movie Alien.
Great job as usual. I use Beer Smith and am slowly using and learning how to use Brew Father but so far I've been very impressed. As for the Tilt, we need to get you one so you can learn a bit about them as they are Bluetooth only but you can connect them to the web in other ways or run a local web server on a Raspberry Pi.
Brewfather is pretty cool, been a premium sub for about a year now. The water chemistry calculations make working with distilled water very simple, and I use the hydrometer temp adjuster tool all. the. time. Nice quik take! ...and the NOSTROMO landed on LV-426 ;-)
@@Rubio_Eric Just my opinion and to keep it as short as possible, for me, overall ease of use, 3rd party integrations (like Tilt), and mobile access from any device.
I think I've stuck with Beersmith for so long because I can still use it offline and have control of my brewing files locally (backups, privacy, etc.). I know Beersmith has internet connectivity, but something about having my brewing data and files kept on my local machine gives me additional peace of mind. I will agree, however, that Brewfather looks to be MUCH easier to use. I love Brad's software, podcast, and all the work he does for homebrewing, but Beersmith definitely behaves like something from a couple decades ago. Great video! The corners of the basement are looking awful dark, don't go the way of Kane and catch a facehugger while wearing your Alien shirt...
Haha!! Yeah Brad is a good guy. I think there is a way to store files locally ok brewfather. I'll have it explore that. Gotta love a good face hug!! 👍🍻😳
Brian, Thanks for the informative video. I have been using Brewers Friend software for the past year, and that was a huge step for me in improving my brewing results, but I have to say that the Brew Father software is a bit more intuitive. I like the real time dashboard graph that gives you a picture of your brewing as you add or remove ingredients. Thanks again and keep bringing the videos.
Nice review...... I use Brewfather for my recipes but always have stopped there. I did not know I could link my tilt and have it upload to my app on tablet!!! Have always used the Tilt app and cloud to email excel spreadsheet. Going to use this feature on next brew.
Brian, Nice video has me thinking about looking into this software again. I use Beersmith works fine for me. I also use the Tilt, I understand that Beersmith supports Tilt I haven’t looked to how well the two work together. Cheers! 🍻
I integrate a Tilt into my Brewfather. It works great. Many complain about accuracy, but I haven't found that to be true; it's very close to my hydrometer and refractometer. It definitely makes it clear when fermentation is ended. I also use the Raspberry Pi app to continuously monitor and feed the data right into Brewfather.
I've been using Brewfather for a while and didn't know about the Grainfather bluetooth control integration. Thanks for the tip. Oh, and I'm pretty sure your t-shirt is from the movie Alien.
Yup ... I dig Brewfather. Still don't use it to it's fullest and they still don't have Clawhammer in there yet (thank you for that video review btw ... came in the mail last week) but, really growing into the software so far. "Alien" Cheers Sir!
@@MicroSessionsBrewing ok cool Leo.. I know the developer personally Soni should be able to get a profile added. BTW when you gonna have me on the show?
Cheers, Brian! Awesome shirt, man (from Alien) Maybe if they had homebrewed on the way they would've avoided LV426 and would have fared better? I've been using BeerSmith2 for a few years now, and am looking into switching to BrewFather. One thing that I've noticed when re-creating recipes in BrewFather, is that the strike water volume is different between the two programs (when everything else is held constant). Do you have any thoughts/recommendation re: this? (I AG brew using a 5 gal Igloo cooler). Thanks! Great video BTW!!
ok right of,this is why i do not use brewing software..way to complicated for me,i have tried the others and cannot get the hang of them..this already seems way over my head..thplus the fact i am retired and paying another bill ain't gonna happen..but good and informed video
Salutations from Brewfather's birth country 😝 I've been sold on your videos for quite a while and sold on Brewfather for the last 6 months... I've also seen your vid about entering equipment profiles (spike). How much would you charge to do a thorough equipment profile entry for the Blichmann BrewEasy 10g? A patreon sub, merch, malt? 😂 Tried my luck, but I'll gladly take an expert entry over my feeble attempts. So yeah... I'll just leave it at that and see what is possible 👌 Otherwise, keep up the good work, motivating and informative channel 🙌
Haha thanks!! I actually have a profile for it. I just need to brew one more time with it to verify my numbers and it's all yours at the small, one time fee, of...free!
@@ShortCircuitedBrewers well, let's just say we are far from Viking Malt, but as they say, always have high ambitions 😝 We're a local farm in the southeastern part of Norway that struggles to stay up to date on our IG account 🤩 but we are nonetheless out and about @vikenmalt ✌️
@@ShortCircuitedBrewers as avid Blichmann equipment owners, this Brewfather profile will definitely be a welcomed bonus. Too bad not all Blichmann is immediately available over here 🙄 And lastly, even though it's 'only' coming from us, thx for your efforts for the community!
Hi Brian, yet another great video. Do you go by the suggested BrewFather Mash and Sparge water quantities or still use the Anvil guide that came with the Foundry?
@@ShortCircuitedBrewers Awesome! I shall do the same ;) BTW, the new T-Shirt rules. I think the Next Level shirts are the best. I buy the blank ones from them lol. but the white logo on the navy blue is rad.
Brian, I've been using Brewfather for some time, after another software changed their pricing model. One thing I miss from my old software is mash water adjustments, where it tells you how much lactic acid to add based on measured PH. Brewfather gives you a predicted amount but maybe you can go over how to make adjustments in a future video. Cheers. Shaun P.S. Alien
Nostromo is from Alien! I've been using Beersmith for about a year now, but the brewday tools look really great in this software. Any other high-level comparisons that you would rate Brewfather over Beersmith for you?
I love Brewfather. But they need a one time upgrade cost. I'm not a fan of subscription payments. Beersmith is the same. I'll just keep using the free version of Brewfather.
I believe it works off of tags in the description. I saw that today when I was making the video and had the same question...lol more for me to learn!! Great question! 👍🍻
In the recipes section, if you click on the pair of arrows in the upper right hand corner (in the web browser version at least), it allows you to sort by a handful of different methods, including recipe author, first tag, etc.
Amazing software, but really not necessary. I learnt a huge amount about the brewing process by setting up a spreadsheet to do all the calculations that I need. And as for 3,700 recipes - I have a few books with all the recipes I could make in the next 10 years!
I use brewfather and love the auto water chemistry calculator.
Yes that is one of my favorites!! 👍🍻
that is what got me into water chemistry! so god damned easy
@@Nick.Keane77 click boom!
Wow, I used to brew a decade ago and I'm just getting back into it now. Software has certainly come a loooooong way since then!
For sure!!👍🍻
One of the things that I find awesome in Brewfather, is that you can add extra fields to the each batch. In my case I add the Tap number, and from my home automation I get the data of what is available on each tap of my keezer directly from Brewfather (other awesome feature).
Nice!! 👍🍻
I've used Beersmith software for 10-15 years and it works fine. Bought it 1 time for I think $30 and have used the same license with no problems. Im sure Brewfather got its ideas from BeerSmith based on its similarities.... Good to know theres an alternative but there's no reason for me to change. Thanks.
Sure! If it's working no need! 👍🍻
Competition is a great thing. All these different programs are trying to be the best again & again. We, as the consumer, are the winners. Items you describe here can only enhance my brewing knowledge, experience, and my end product. Thank you.
👍🍻
I moved to Brewfather from my own spreadsheet grain bill and water calculations, a couple of years ago and never looked back. It's incredibly good value and support from Thomas (when I've very occasionally needed it) has been first class. What I like most is the ability to dial in your equipment and customise, resulting in near perfect accuracy in hitting both OG and wort volume targets. The equipment profile can be a little off putting at first as there are so many parameters, but stick with it. In 2 or 3 brews you will have it nailed. Great video Brian
Yes sir! It's great software and Thomas is a great developer! 👍🍻
Great video! I really am loving Brewfather too. So many useful (and easy-to-use) features. The one thing I wish it had is some kind of forum tied to each recipe in the library, so people could comment on how the recipe turned out, ability to ask questions about the recipe, etc. Maybe there is and I just don't know how to find it. Not quite a power user yet!
Your first reason is what kept me from switching to Brewfather. I'm comfortable with Brewer's Friend and it has all the same tools. It may not have as extensive integrations, but I don't use or need anything integrated.
Go with what you know and are comfortable with for sure! Nothing wrong with that at all. 👍🍻
I decided to try Brewfather after this video. Love it. Used for first brew yesterday and all my numbers were spot on....first time. I’m sold
Good to hear!! 👍🍻
Nicely done Brian….Brewfather sure is winning a lot of brewers over. I could not imagine using anything else now and I was many years into using Beersmith before I switched.
Same here! I used it a coupe times and was hooked! 👍🍻
Have you used Beersmith 3 or 2? I found Beersmith 3 to have some nice improvements.
another solid one braj!
Thanks Braj!! 👍🍻 See you tonight!
Great video! Switched to Brewfather a year ago and never looked back. Another leading software platform never embraced that homebrewers wanted to create an instance of a recipe as a batch and measure to it-Brewfather does this out of the box.
Oh and the t-shirt is from the movie Alien.
Haha.. Thanks on all counts! 👍🍻
Great job as usual. I use Beer Smith and am slowly using and learning how to use Brew Father but so far I've been very impressed. As for the Tilt, we need to get you one so you can learn a bit about them as they are Bluetooth only but you can connect them to the web in other ways or run a local web server on a Raspberry Pi.
I've been debating getting a couple. We'll see!! 👍🍻
Brewfather is pretty cool, been a premium sub for about a year now. The water chemistry calculations make working with distilled water very simple, and I use the hydrometer temp adjuster tool all. the. time. Nice quik take!
...and the NOSTROMO landed on LV-426 ;-)
Facehuggers!!! 👍🍻
Your the reason why I switched over to brewfather last brew and it is a awesome program!🍻🤘
Nice! Glad you enjoy it! 👍🍻
Cheers Brian - love the cloud integration with recipes and inventory. I often forget to check my ingredients off when I use them though!
Yeah you gotta add that to your process intentionally. Cheers mate! 👍🍻
Alien!
Also thanks for taking the time to share your experiences, it really helps.
Thanks! Glad to help! 👍🍻
Nice shirt! I'm a long time Beersmith user but I may check out Brewfather.
It is a really great solution. I am very happy with it.
I too have switched to Brewfather. So easy to use and blows Beersmith out the water.
Thanks for your tips and suggestions.
Cheers!! 👍🍻
How does it blow beersmith out of the water? Ive only used beersmith but I'm always looking for ways to improve
@@Rubio_Eric Just my opinion and to keep it as short as possible, for me, overall ease of use, 3rd party integrations (like Tilt), and mobile access from any device.
@@paulcostanza3023 def gonna give her a shot
thanks Bryan for this informative video.......very helpful while scaling up recipes......thanks and cheers
Great!! Glad you found it helpful!
I think I've stuck with Beersmith for so long because I can still use it offline and have control of my brewing files locally (backups, privacy, etc.). I know Beersmith has internet connectivity, but something about having my brewing data and files kept on my local machine gives me additional peace of mind. I will agree, however, that Brewfather looks to be MUCH easier to use. I love Brad's software, podcast, and all the work he does for homebrewing, but Beersmith definitely behaves like something from a couple decades ago. Great video!
The corners of the basement are looking awful dark, don't go the way of Kane and catch a facehugger while wearing your Alien shirt...
Haha!! Yeah Brad is a good guy. I think there is a way to store files locally ok brewfather. I'll have it explore that. Gotta love a good face hug!! 👍🍻😳
Brian, Thanks for the informative video. I have been using Brewers Friend software for the past year, and that was a huge step for me in improving my brewing results, but I have to say that the Brew Father software is a bit more intuitive. I like the real time dashboard graph that gives you a picture of your brewing as you add or remove ingredients. Thanks again and keep bringing the videos.
Yeah it's a really great solution! 🍻👍
Made the switch and so far I love it. My one issue is I cannot get my Ispindel's to connect
Check with the developer and see if they can help. 👍🍻
brewfather is an amazing brewing software.........
I totally agree! 👍🍻
Nice review...... I use Brewfather for my recipes but always have stopped there. I did not know I could link my tilt and have it upload to my app on tablet!!! Have always used the Tilt app and cloud to email excel spreadsheet. Going to use this feature on next brew.
Awesome glad you found some good information! Let me know what you think of the integration! 👍🍻
Brewfather is just awesome. So powerful and a subscription is so reasonably priced. I'm NOT the developer BTW.
Haha all true! I know the developer... lol
Alien. I am hooked on Brewfather too but can't wait for brewtools integration
That one will be pretty cool to see for sure
Brian, Nice video has me thinking about looking into this software again. I use Beersmith works fine for me. I also use the Tilt, I understand that Beersmith supports Tilt I haven’t looked to how well the two work together. Cheers! 🍻
Cheers man!! 👍🍻
I integrate a Tilt into my Brewfather. It works great. Many complain about accuracy, but I haven't found that to be true; it's very close to my hydrometer and refractometer. It definitely makes it clear when fermentation is ended. I also use the Raspberry Pi app to continuously monitor and feed the data right into Brewfather.
@@jimbalz3017 very nice!! I like that!
@@jimbalz3017 Nice.. thanks . I run the Tilt app on a tablet. I also use the Raspberry Pi was a little tricky to set up due to my WiFi security
I've been using Brewfather for a while and didn't know about the Grainfather bluetooth control integration. Thanks for the tip. Oh, and I'm pretty sure your t-shirt is from the movie Alien.
Glad you got something useful out of the video. Did on my man that is the ship from the alien movie!! 👍🍻
Yup ... I dig Brewfather. Still don't use it to it's fullest and they still don't have Clawhammer in there yet (thank you for that video review btw ... came in the mail last week) but, really growing into the software so far. "Alien" Cheers Sir!
Very nice.. 10 gallon kettle model? I can probably get a profile added.
@@ShortCircuitedBrewers Yes Sir! 10 gal 240v ... can't wait to get brewing with it!
@@MicroSessionsBrewing ok cool Leo.. I know the developer personally Soni should be able to get a profile added. BTW when you gonna have me on the show?
@@ShortCircuitedBrewers Ha! Yeah, the BWO is still very much a low budget entity! Might have to make that happen! You're the best Brian ... thank you!
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Great video and rundown of Brewfather! As to answer your shirt question, I believe it's in reference to Alien. Am I right?
Yes you are!! 👍🍻
I like this video and want more of this content
Awesome! Thanks for the feedback! More to come! 👍🍻
That's it, I'm sold! I'm downloading BF now. Thx Brian....
Haha do it!! 👍🍻
Cracking vid, Movie is Alien.
Yes!! 👍
@@ShortCircuitedBrewers I recon it would be nice if BrewFather include the ability to track wine and cider too.
Thank you for another great video.
👍🍻
Great job on the video!! Been using Brewers Friend and may be switching
I've used Brewers friend. It's not "bad" it's just not a intuitive and robust as brewfather IMO. 👍🍻
I'm in the UK and find Brewfather much better at handling and converting to metric. Always a bit wary with Brewer's Friend.
Good to know! 👍🍻
Thanks Brian!
Thanks for the great video once again!
Thank you for great software!! 👍🍻
I'm a day late...but the shirt is from "Alien"....I believe the Nostromo was Ripley's ship.
Great memory!! Love that movie! 👍🍻
As I remember, the tee shirt is from the movie "Aliens"
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Nice video! I liked and subscribed! Keep up the good work!
Thanks man! 👍🍻
No problem! The brewing community mostly has poor made videos but yours was informative good and qualitywise good! Keep going
Will do! 👍🍻
The shirt is the name of the Ship from Alien!
Haha yes sir!! 👍🍻
I've been using Beersmith and now I may switch.
You can try it for free! 🍻👍
I've used BeerSmith for years but I'm thinking I might switch to Brewfather
I did and I've really enjoyed it. 👍🍻
Where did you get the shirt? I'm guessing Alien or one of the sequels. Cheers!
Alien movie! Check out 6dollarsshirts.com hundreds of cool tees
Cheers, Brian! Awesome shirt, man (from Alien) Maybe if they had homebrewed on the way they would've avoided LV426 and would have fared better? I've been using BeerSmith2 for a few years now, and am looking into switching to BrewFather. One thing that I've noticed when re-creating recipes in BrewFather, is that the strike water volume is different between the two programs (when everything else is held constant). Do you have any thoughts/recommendation re: this? (I AG brew using a 5 gal Igloo cooler). Thanks! Great video BTW!!
You can adjust the qts per lb in the equipment profile. That would give you the results you expect.
Alien, of course ). I have a matching hat.
Nice!
ok right of,this is why i do not use brewing software..way to complicated for me,i have tried the others and cannot get the hang of them..this already seems way over my head..thplus the fact i am retired and paying another bill ain't gonna happen..but good and informed video
Whatever works! 👍🍻
Salutations from Brewfather's birth country 😝
I've been sold on your videos for quite a while and sold on Brewfather for the last 6 months... I've also seen your vid about entering equipment profiles (spike).
How much would you charge to do a thorough equipment profile entry for the Blichmann BrewEasy 10g? A patreon sub, merch, malt? 😂
Tried my luck, but I'll gladly take an expert entry over my feeble attempts. So yeah... I'll just leave it at that and see what is possible 👌
Otherwise, keep up the good work, motivating and informative channel 🙌
Haha thanks!! I actually have a profile for it. I just need to brew one more time with it to verify my numbers and it's all yours at the small, one time fee, of...free!
Wait!! Is this viking malt??
@@ShortCircuitedBrewers well, let's just say we are far from Viking Malt, but as they say, always have high ambitions 😝
We're a local farm in the southeastern part of Norway that struggles to stay up to date on our IG account 🤩 but we are nonetheless out and about @vikenmalt ✌️
@@ShortCircuitedBrewers as avid Blichmann equipment owners, this Brewfather profile will definitely be a welcomed bonus. Too bad not all Blichmann is immediately available over here 🙄
And lastly, even though it's 'only' coming from us, thx for your efforts for the community!
@@vikenmalt569 fair enough! You have to start somewhere! 👍🍻
Hi Brian, yet another great video. Do you go by the suggested BrewFather Mash and Sparge water quantities or still use the Anvil guide that came with the Foundry?
I made the minimum 1 gallon and max 2 gallons and use it that way. 👍🍻
@@ShortCircuitedBrewers Awesome! I shall do the same ;) BTW, the new T-Shirt rules. I think the Next Level shirts are the best. I buy the blank ones from them lol. but the white logo on the navy blue is rad.
@@scottbelz4504 thanks man!! 👍🍻
Brian, I've been using Brewfather for some time, after another software changed their pricing model. One thing I miss from my old software is mash water adjustments, where it tells you how much lactic acid to add based on measured PH. Brewfather gives you a predicted amount but maybe you can go over how to make adjustments in a future video. Cheers.
Shaun
P.S. Alien
Will do! P.s. facehugger
Nostromo is from Alien!
I've been using Beersmith for about a year now, but the brewday tools look really great in this software. Any other high-level comparisons that you would rate Brewfather over Beersmith for you?
I think the interface is much more modern and the recipe creation is very easy and adjustable as you build. 👍🍻
I love Brewfather. But they need a one time upgrade cost. I'm not a fan of subscription payments. Beersmith is the same. I'll just keep using the free version of Brewfather.
Nothing wrong with that! Free is good! 👍🍻
Hey man, how do you create those drop-downs on the recipe's page? I'm missing it somewhere
I believe the shirt is from Alien (the first one).
Yep!!
I use Beersmith. I’ve tried others but I’m not a fan.
Stick with what you like. Nothing wrong with that. 👍🍻
Do you like brewfather better than beersmith? I've never used brewfather
Definitely. I have a subscription to both and like brewfather much better. 👍🍻
@@ShortCircuitedBrewers thanks. I'll give it a try
@@hackattack7811 you'll like it. At least I think you will. 👍🍻
How did you make those categories for your recipes? I’ve wanted to do that for ages and didn’t think it was possible
I believe it works off of tags in the description. I saw that today when I was making the video and had the same question...lol more for me to learn!! Great question! 👍🍻
@@ShortCircuitedBrewers Yup, I stumbled across the tags description a little while ago.
That's what I thought drives the sections in recipes
In the recipes section, if you click on the pair of arrows in the upper right hand corner (in the web browser version at least), it allows you to sort by a handful of different methods, including recipe author, first tag, etc.
@@shaunpekar thanks for that tip!
Amazing software, but really not necessary. I learnt a huge amount about the brewing process by setting up a spreadsheet to do all the calculations that I need. And as for 3,700 recipes - I have a few books with all the recipes I could make in the next 10 years!
To each their own..👍🍻
Your shirt is from Alien
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Alien
Yes!! One of my favorites!!