Today, we're looking at Brewtarget, a
program available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
One very odd thing happened as I
prepared to work with this program. I couldn't get it to run. My
regular computer is an older Dell laptop running Windows Vista, so,
it might be me, not the program.
I switched over to my backup, an even
older machine running one of the many flavors of Linux. After I
installed Brewtarget on that machine, it ran fine. What does this
mean for you? Well, like anything in computers, it might not run for
you.
It opens up to a screen much like
Brew-Mate, with space to put in your fermentables, hops, yeast, and
“other stuff”. One quirk I found which I didn't like was I could
not specify the batch size. I was stuck between a 2-gal small batch
or a 5-gal. I brew 4-gal batches, and have for years. This fact means
the program, well, won't work for me. If you brew 2 or 5 gallons at a
time, feel free to ignore me.
Although I couldn't replicate my
standard recipe, I found the interface well-designed and easy to
navigate. As with Brew-Mate, there's a graphic of a beer mug showing
the approximate color of your beer.
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