What's new in BeerSmith 3.1.5
Jun 26, 2020
- Release Highlights:
- Incremental transaction based data system that is more secure, less prone to data loss in the event of a crash or computer shutdown
- Moved default data storage default away from Documents directory in the interest of better security
- New pH acid model options to select either MPH or BW models
- You can now import TILT hydrometer/temperature data from either a CSV file or Google Spreadsheet link directly into your session data
- Support for “sparge” grains – a technique used where dark grains are added at the end of the mash/early sparge to reduce harshness
- Dry hop additions can not specify time of addition and length of addition and they also now show up on the calendar
- New Backup/Restore from Zip on file menu for easy backup
- The ability to customize cloud views with most recipe fields including recipe date for better sorting/management of cloud folders
- Added new option under Options->Brewing to make it easier to import a language XML file to use BeerSmith in other (non english) languages
- A large number of bug fixes
- Data Storage and Backup Changes:
- The default data location has been moved to %APPDATA%/BeerSmith3 on windows or ~Library/Application Support/BeerSmith3 on the Mac to comply with app security recommendations and also reduce issues with Antivirus programs which often block access to Documents.
- If you are using the old Documents/BeerSmith3 directory you will be asked if you want to move your data when you first run 3.1 (reocmmended).
- The program now stores brewing data changes as soon as they are made (when OK button is clicked) which significantly reduces the probability of data loss in a crash.
- This new system also lays the ground work for a future cross platform data synch.
- To simplify backup of the new data, I have added Backup to Zip and Recover from Zip commands to the file menu which make it easier to make a complete backup of your data or restore it.
- Added a feature to automatically recover any orphaned cloud recipes and place them in the root cloud folder.
- Brewing Features Added:
- There are new mash pH models available under the mash screen. You can now choose whether to use the MPH model (recommended) or a new BW model. In general the BW model results in similar pH estimates, but the acid additions are significantly lower than the MPH model.
- There are new fields for dry hops so you can specify which phase and which day to start the dry hop addition as well as the duration. This better supports new techniques like adding dry hops during active fermentation.
- Added new option to support “Sparge” grain additions. This is used primarily to add dark grains at the very end of the mash and leave them in for the sparge to reduce harsh tannic extraction from dark grains.
- If you specify a grain as “Sparge” in the use field, it will be included in the overall grain bill and sparge water requirements but won’t be included in the mash water steps or throw those volumes off.
- The dry hop additions now show up on the calendar.
- You can now import TILT hydrometer data either in CSV format or directly from a Google Spreadsheet link. To do so go to the Session tab in any recipe and click the Tilt Data Import button.
- You can also now import generic CSV files directly into the session tab (as well as export) to save/recover your session data from other programs.
- Added a new “Diastatic Power” value for recipes which estimates the diastatic power for the recipe. Values above 30 are considered good and will self convert, while those below that may not. You can add this as a custom column from View->Customize Columns in My Recipe view or as a “Select field” from the select field button in the bottom right section of the recipe design screen.
- Look and Feel Changes:
- You can sort cloud folders by most recipe fields now including date.
- The calendar has been revamped to work properly with large screen resolutions and also include dry hop addition events
- Removed the menu icons on the main menu by default to reduce clutter. You can turn these on if you prefer by going to Options->Look and Feel and checking the box “Show Menu Bar Icons”
- Removed the small circular ball indicators from dialogs by default as they were causing confusion for new users. You can still turn them on if desired by going to Options->Look and Feel and checking the box “Show indicators”
- Foreign Language Support:
- Added a new option under Options->Brewing to make it easier to install a Lang.xml file into the program for using BeerSmith in other languages. Go to Options->Brewing near the bottom and use the “Set Language XML file” button to change the language.
- New language files will be posted to the main BeerSmith.com download page as they become available for 3.1
- Custom Reports:
- Simplified the installation of custom reports under Options->Reports
- You can now create a custom report and just click on the Add Report button here to import it into the program rather than having to place reports in a fixed location
- Bug Fixes:
- Corrected a number of bugs with Water items not being handled correctly in the inventory cycle.
- Fixed bug on Mac where the bottom of some dialogs were being cut off when editing recipes.
- Fixed bugs that caused crashes when moving/refreshing recipes and other items
- Fixed crashes when copying multiple recipes to cloud view
- Fixed crashes that occurred when trying to copy/paste recipes to the cloud in excess of cloud recipe limit
- Fixed issue with recipe tabs (yeast in particular) being cutoff when switching tabs while editing a recipe
- Fixed issue with some add-ons not downloading/installing correctly
- Added code to automatically “recover” any orphaned cloud recipes and place them in the main cloud folder
- This fixes an issue where we’ve found a small number of recipes orphaned from deleted folders in the cloud database
- Cleaned up the directory choose dialogs for change documents directory and importing BeerSmith 2 data
- Program now offers to make a zipped backup before changing documents directory (recommended)
- Dropped close buttons on tab to reduce clutter
- Simplified many items for easier refresh and less clutter
- Fixes to calendar scaling for larger screens
- Support Ctrl-A and Ctrl-Z shortcuts in search fields
- Corrected basic appearance issues with Dark Mode on Mac
New in BeerSmith 3.0.8 (Jun 12, 2020)
- Fixed issue with storing directory name which was causing problems with some foreign users
- Fixed crash that occured when selecting some choice/type fields by clicking the keyboard
- Fixed issue with calendar not showing bulk age dates
- Fixed issue with report templates not showing bulk age dates, added more bulk age fields
- Fixed error with HTML messages being too small on high res screens – also made them resizable
- Fixed issue with title bar being too long for very long recipe names and cutting off buttons
- Corrected problem with trial period expiring if you changed documents directory
New in BeerSmith 3.0.7 (Jun 18, 2018)
- Major Features:
- Wine, Mead and Cider Support Added
- Support for Folders in the Cloud (and on BeerSmith 3 Mobile) as well as “unlisted” recipes
- Secure SSL/https data connection to cloud for data integrity
- Water profile tools and mash pH adjustment now integrated in the recipe builder
- Streamlined user interface including smart dialogs that hide unused fields for current task
- Temperature can now be specified for whirlpool hop additions
- A ton of new data – support for fruits, juices, honey, wines, new hop products, new add-ons…
- Boil altitude adjustments to adjust utilization for high altitude brewing
- Dozens of new features and fixes for brewers of all types
- New licensing system – tied to your cloud account lets you flexibly manage activations
- Mead, Wine and Cider Support:
- Recipe builder supports mead, wines and cider types and dynamically adjusts session data
- Mead, wine and cider style guides are now included with the program
- Report system customizes report to style of beverage brewed
- Support for juices, fruits, honey as native ingredients and most are preloaded for use
- You can add new ones knowing just their brix value
- Equipment profiles for popular mead, wine, cider sizes as well as scaling support
- Support in the cloud for mead, wine, cider recipes and sharing
- Color icon system lets you choose color for mead, wine, cider
- Support for TINOSA and TONSA-2 mead nutrient system built into recipe yeast tab, along with GoFerm needed for dry yeast hydration – also available as separate tool
- Mead nutrients adjust down proportionally when using large fruit proportions
- Support for Brix as a gravity measurement – can be set in Options->Units
- Yeast tolerance field added for yeasts to provide accurate FG estimate for high gravity beers, wines, meads
- Backsweeten tool to add in backsweetening ciders, meads or dessert wines
- Added “none” as a carbonation profile option for still meads, ciders, wines
- Fermentation profiles updated to include extra stage for extended aging
- New Beer Brewing Features:
- You can now specify a temperature with each whirlpool hop addition for more accurate IBU estimation during the whirlpool/steep
- A more accurate utilization model has been added to carry forward boil hops into the whirlpool – check the “Estimate Boil Hop Util in Whirlpool” box in your equipment profile to enable it
- Altitude adjustment for hop utilization is available – set “Boil Elevation” in Equip profile
- The yeast tab has been updated to allow two stage starters for liquid yeast and hydration instructions if working with dry yeast.
- New Water tab supports directly building a water profile in the recipe builder
- Ability to either include or exclude water agents using “Don’t include water agents” on water tab – to account for cases where water profile itself may already include water agents. Supports both mash and sparge water additions.
- You can match a water profile directly from the water tab using “Match a Target Profile” and it will match both water profiles.
- Water matching tool also breaks out and calculates the mash and sparge water additions separately and adds them separately.
- Old “water volumes” tab is still available as a button “Detailed water volumes” at the top of the water tab.
- You can now exclude gypsum as an addition in water tab or water profile tool
- Mash PH adjustment support for lactic, phosphoric and acid malt is integrated into the mash tab now so you can directly record acid ingredients and see effect on mash pH.
- This allows you to make an “up front” pH adjustment in recipe as well as measure the mash pH to make a final adjustment
- Full support for juices, fruits, honey built into program now – adding a new juice or fruit is as easy as taking its Brix or gravity value and color and using it
- New “Use in” field for fermentable ingredients lets you add fermentables during steep, mash, primary, secondary and also supports new fruit, juice and honey types
- Yeast starter tab has been simplified and made dynamic so it only shows fields needed based on yeast type used (dry or liquid).
- Volumes for extract as well as water needed is now calculated for extract brewers
- Also volumes for honey, grains, juice also shown so you can manage water needed
- Alcohol tolerance for yeast strains incorporated into the FG estimate for high gravity beers
- Refractometer tool now available as a pop-up in session dialog to make measurements easier
- Age profile now supports 4 stages for extended barrel aging
- Import tool to import BeerSmith 2 data on startup (also on File menu)
- Entire add-on feature reworked to show add-ons by type, and many new add-ons included
- Add-ons can be added from ingredient and profile “choose” dialogs to make finding new data easier
- Revamped fermentation readings section (session page) use current date and also allow for easy export to a CSV spreadsheet if desired
- Extract grain steep temperature field now added for extract brewers (session tab)
- Water additions, steep volumes, extract volume now shown for extract brewers (session tab)
- New mash profiles added for RIMS/HERMS brewers
- Notes, design and session tabs now show batch age in days for easier session management
- Support for display of multiple individual beer style guides at once
- Corrected bug in FG estimation that underestimated attenuation of yeast when working with a mash profile that incorporated steps at both low and high mash temps.
- Corrected bug that showed whirlpool hop additions in reverse time order on some displays
- Can now use “SG” as a data entry value for refractometer adjustments
- I recommend Brix or Plato if possible as some SG scales are not terribly accurate
- Added table sugar as an option in the carbonation tool
- Cloud Integration Improvements:
- Cloud now supports folders on both mobile and desktop – lets you manage recipes online
- New ‘Move to folder’ and ‘Copy to folder’ buttons simplify moving recipes or entire directories between cloud and local
- Secure connection (SSL/HTTPS) on both mobile and desktop for data and password security
- New sharing option for “unlisted” recipes that don’t show up in search results but can be located by your friends using a recipe id or sharing link
- You can rate recipes found online directly from the program now
- Cloud search now lets you find and share meads, wines and ciders
- com site revised to support mead, wine, cider types as well as sharing
- User Interface/Usability Improvements:
- New neutral styling/color scheme to get away from 1990’s blue
- Simplified editing dialogs for ingredients/profiles to reduce complexity
- Recipe pages (i.e. design, session, etc) are all customized to recipe type now to show most important data fields relevant to extract, all grain, cider, mead, or wine brewing
- Other dialogs such as equipment editor, ingredient editors, etc…are all now dynamic as well and will display only fields needed to complete the current task based on data types
- Redesigned bookmark bar at top to feature most popular functions used
- Revamped many ribbon and tool bars to make it easier to understand/manage data
- You can now add new ingredients on the fly when choosing a new ingredient
- News feature shows important update announcements (a few a year)
- Data Improvements:
- New add-on system improved to make it much easier to manage add-ons by type (File->Addons)
- Wine, mead and cider style guides are added as default additions
- Basic fruit, Knudsen juices, cider apple varieties available as fermentables by default
- A large number of new misc items added as defaults to support beer, wine, mead, cider brewing
- New add-ons for cryo hops, hop powders, hop extracts, new fermentables, much more
- Revamped equipment profiles added to reflect most commonly used beer, mead, wine, cider types for brewers
- New mash profiles for RIMS/HERMS brewers included by default
- New carbonation profiles for “none”
- Licensing/Activation Management:
- Activation system was redesigned to support quick online activation via cloud account rather than retaining a key
- Licenses can be activated and deactivated from your cloud profile page
- Ability to have both permanent licenses and subscription licensing which will lower entry price point as well as options for professional feature
- New subscription options will give users free access to major upgrades plus cloud space
- New system will also support additional online recipe editing capability for the future
- Bug Fixes/Stability Improvements:
- Added extensive data checks up front to detect cases where users may have moved/deleted data external to the program
- Corrected resource leak that could cause problems when adding or editing a large number of new items
- Corrected bug in printing of shopping list that could cause crashes
- Most simple edits are now “modal” dialogs for profiles/ingredients which resolves a crash bug on some platforms and also simplifies user interface.
- Fixed issues with title scaling and close box on tabs for high resolution screens
New in BeerSmith 2.3.12 Beta (Jan 18, 2017)
- Added “percent” drop down to preview pane (My Recipes view) that allows scaling of reports so you can adjust font sizes.
- Added “print to browser” option under Options->Reports which lets you send printouts to your browser for printing for machines/drivers where direct printing is not working well
- Fixed issue where some gravity readings were being rounded in the third digit
- Corrected issue where some users were crashing when editing and saving ingredients and profiles
New in BeerSmith 2.3.7 (Aug 15, 2016)
- “Update Prices” in design tab now will update the water prices as well (previously did not)
- Corrected main recipe report templates to provide better printouts and use slightly smaller fonts
- Dragging left side to resize window rapidly in Win 10 could cause a crash corrected
- Fixed issue with font scaling on Win 10 causing blurry fonts marked app as DPIAware to correct
- Corrected issue with notes field not scrolling properly using mouse wheel
- Corrected bug where zero boil time hops were not carried over to whirlpool
- Narrowed design screen display slightly by adjusting labels to accomodate those with narrow screens
New in BeerSmith 2.3.6 (Aug 10, 2016)
- Corrected timer issues with Mac OSX where some alarms were not playing on brewday timer
- Set up alternate shortcuts for Mac recipe editing using the REAL control key such as Control-H=add hops, Ctrl-Y=Add yeast, etc…since Command-H is a reserved combo that hides the screen.
- Fixed issue where Login to cloud failed if the enter key was used to close the dialog
- Corrected similar issue on activation dialog if closed with the enter key
New in BeerSmith 2.3.5 (Aug 8, 2016)
- MAJOR FEATURES:
- Support for (above HD) widescreen window scaling and 200% font size on windows
- New “Session” tab consolidates overlapping data related to a session, and session
- data can be reset so you can track which data was entered for a given recipe
- Better Recipe Editing (see below) with focus and keyboard shortcuts
- Added mash pH estimator (based on water profile and grain bill) as well as a pH acid adjustment
- feature (for lactic, phosphoric or acid malt) based on measured pH on the Recipe mash tab
- Also added a separate stand-alone mash pH adjustment tool
- Note In Recipe Editor does NOT take into account water additions which are assumed to be rolled
- into the water profile chosen (use Tools->Water profile to develop a profile and additions first)
- Note pH estimate does not include misc acid additions as pH should be measured and estimated separately using acid
- adjustment estimation box to the right of the pH estimate box (mash tab) which will give you an accurate amount to add
- Corrected a variety of focus issues so keyboard focus is saved as views/dialogs are changed
- Water can now be priced, inventoried and added to the shopping cart
- Added water profile stats to water profiles including recommended brewing ion levels, Residual Alkalinity,
- hardness, chloride/sulfate ratio, bitterness profile of water now available for all water profiles.
- Added field for Mash Water Addition to equipment profile to allow for equipment that may
- have a significant recoverable volume under the mash screen and need more mash volume
- Increased custom field display to 26 fields in Design view (up from 13)
- Can now lock/unlock recipes to prevent them from being changed (currently desktop only)
- Late sugar and extract additions now work properly for all grain, and partial mash recipes
- Significantly modified late extract calculator to more accurately estimate IBUs as gravity changes over boil
- You can now navigate folders via the title bar when viewing subfolders of My Recipes
- Added options in equipment profile to allow carry over of remaining boil hops to whirlpool (for utilization)
- This feature can also be used for “no chill” as it does a hop-by-hop calculation of IBUs added while cooling
- Allow override of “Another copy is running” error to account for case where crash on Mac creates stale lock file
- Added support for CO2 Hop Extract as well as Isomerized Hop extract in recipes (in ml)
- CO2 extract should be boiled use alpha content for alpha percentage (typically 35-70%)
- Isomerized extract need not be boiled use iso-alpha percentage as the alpha percent for hops (typically 40-60%)
- You can now record detailed fermentation gravity and temperature and graph it against age profile planned on session tab
- New “Recover from Backup” command (File menu) lets you view or recover from automatic backups made
- Corrected issue where change of options (units) were not reflected in open recipes/dialogs, causing a variety of problems
- Yeast viability can now be set for each yeast record allowing more accurate handling of White Labs and other yeast packages
- RECIPE EDITING:
- You can now add multiple items when adding ingredients by choosing the “Add Ingredient Without Closing” button from within the add dialogs
- Added duplicate button to duplicate ingredients in recipe design view
- New Hop Adjust button lets you adjust individual hop IBU contributions all at once
- Ingredient editing now uses simplified dialogs with detail buttons
- This feature can be turned off (use old dialogs) from Options->Look and Feel->Simplified Recipe Editing box
- Flexible sizing of recipe design view now allows wider ingredient list on wide screens
- Undo button below ingredient add buttons can undo last ingredient change in design tab
- Also allows undo of scale, convert, adjust gravity and adjust bitterness functions when recipe open
- Added key shortcuts to recipe design view Del=Delete, Ctrl-h = Add hops, Ctrl-M=Add Misc,
- Ctrl-Y=Add yeast, Ctrl-G=Add grain, Ctrl-W=Add water, Ctrl-D=duplicate, Ctrl-s=Substitute, Ctrl-A=Select All
- /-/==Increment/Decrement amount, Ctrl-z=Undo Last Item, [ or ] will decrement or increment time for item
- You can now cut/paste ingredients within the design view use Ctrl-c (copy), Ctrl-v (paste), Ctrl-x (cut), Ctrl-A (Select All)
- In-place editing of ingredient amounts from within recipe editor (Windows)
- Fixed focus issues so focus remains on ingredient list as adds/deletes are done
- Ingredients can now be multi-selected for delete/duplication and incrementing/decrementing
- New field for carbonation based on measured final volume is below the carbonation estimate (based on est final vol)
- Altered formats on recipe design pages to allow ingredients, notes, mash to expand with window size
- Added brew date to starter page and also calculator to estimate Dry Malt Extract needed for starter (tool and starter tab)
- Corrected discontinuity in mash temperature adjustments to FG estimates now handles mash temps < 144 or > 159 properly
- LESSER FEATURES:
- Disabled undo button when dialog editor is open was causing confusion for many users
- Enter/Escape key now saves/cancels most dialogs and there is a look/feel option to allow closing of tabs also
- All dialogs make better use of wide screens now larger fields and graphs scale
- Corrected “Ctrl-z” to undo edits within a field (Windows only previously it did not work properly)
- Buttons can now be activated using the space bar keyboard shortcut (Windows only)
- Corrected bug when adding mash step from recipe mash tab that could cause crashes
- Corrected bug in cloud that could cause errrors on cloud account above its recipe limit
- Allow “not fermentable” to affect FG for all grain types (previously was sugar, extract, dry only)
- Adjusted color schemes to be more neutral
- Added “color” indicators and recommended ranges for water ions to water profile tool
- Corrected bug in water profile tool where selecting a water profile (base, dilute, target) did not update totals
- Add of a folder in My Recipes now has an “undo” button
- Corrected minor math error with boil cool percent that could throw off pre-boil volume for very large cool percentages
- Fixed ‘&’ bug on Mac where using an ampersand in the recipe name could cause a crash
- Corrected Water Avail from Mash to reflect tun deadspace (previously not reflected in displayed value)
- Program now gives you an option to upgrade your cloud space (if desired) when cloud space fills up
- You can now set the number of digits after decimal (Precision) for the Currency under Options->Units
- Corrected rounding issue where values were sometimes shown as “x lbs 16 oz” when showing pounds and ounces
- Added feature to allow “lock file override” if the program has a copy that did not close properly.
- Improved mouse wheel propagation for dialogs (however if you use the scroll wheel in a list it will still scroll the list)
- Removed black background from style sheet that was messing up many people when printing
- Made BJCP 2015 Style guide the new default style guide
- Incorporated 2013 and 2016 yeast and hops add-ons in the default add-on
- Fixed minor issue where water additions for boil were showing twice on the brew sheet
- Added yeast attenuation to the stats page
- Corrected backup file code to handle/store backups better, and also autosave them better
- Added option to turn off “updated version” check (advanced options tab)
- FIXES:
- Fixed issue with scroll bars not appearing as tabs changed (windows) in a recipe
- Added time to display/edit of session fermentation temp/gravity data for more complete recording
- Added help file updates
- Corrected bug that prevented edit of the water/grain ratio within a mash profile
New in BeerSmith 2.2.13 Beta (Nov 7, 2015)
- For large fonts/Ultra HD Monitors
New in BeerSmith 2.2 (May 4, 2015)
- BeerSmith 2.2 has a simplified interface to make it easier to use and less cluttered
- A new Search All command was added to let you search all local recipes
- A new Cloud Search command gives you easy access to thousands of recipes others have shared on BeerSmithRecipes.com
- The Recipe Archive was added - it stores all of your recipe adds, moves, edits and deletes so you can easily access older recipes or altered recipes
- Added whirlpool/steep hop IBU contributions for steeped/whirlpool hops based on 90C/194F steep temperature and time/util
- Grains/Extracts/Sugars can now be marked as not fermentable (such as lactose) and will contribute more to FG now
- The shortcut bars are replaced with a simpler view tree on the left bottom sidebar, with the ability to store and use favorites. Right click on any item in the shortcut bar to add a new favorite.
- The large ribbon was made optional (now off) for a cleaner overall look and feel - it can still be turned on from the View menu
- New Equipment Wizard to make it easier to create equipment profiles
- The Check Updates command can now download the newest version of BeerSmith in the background and will prompt to install it when done
- A Gravity Adjustment tool determines how much dry malt extract is needed to hit a target gravity level if your original gravity is off
- CSS is now supported for custom reports (Mac, PC) and new cleaner CSS based recipe report and brew steps were added
- Fixed bug "Not enough space in cloud folder" that could occur with some non-cloud pastes
- Fixed printing from tool views, and printing in general is smoother and less confusing
- Brew Steps are now opened in a separate tab (better viewing) instead of a "small font" window
- The glass is now displayable in custom reports using the $GLASS tag
- Changed automatic backup file times so older backup files are kept longer without being replaced as often
- Better error handling for corrupted options files as well as data file error handling to avoid losing reg key or data if a file is bad
- Copy Local and Copy Cloud commands added to cloud and local views for easier transfer (also on cloud search)
- You can now customize columns in the the Inventory view and Ingredients in design view
- The short items "ioz", "iqt", "igal", "ibarrel" can now be used in any field to specify conversion of imperial units
- A new simplified startup screen to help you get started
New in BeerSmith 2.1 (May 4, 2015)
- BeerSmith 2.1 has two major changes as well as a number of smaller updates included.
- The BeerSmith Cloud folder is the most significant change. It allows internet connected computers to share recipes via a cloud folder - so you can work from more than one computer. It also is tightly integrated with our new web site at BeerSmithRecipes.com so you can share a recipe with the community and search from thousands of recipes others have created.
- The new Brewday Timer is the second major new feature. It gives you a mash/steep and boil timer for brewing your beer. It displays step-by-step instructions for these two critical stages with an integrated timer and alarm to tell you when to add the next major ingredient additions or steps.
New in BeerSmith 2.0.65 (May 4, 2015)
- Finalized fixes from Build 2.0.64
- Created separate version control files for each different build to facilitate better control over specific fixes for individual platforms.
New in BeerSmith 2.0.64 Beta (May 4, 2015)
- Autosave default changed back to 8 minutes, and also is now a configurable option under the options dialog. This should help those experiencing long autosaves (delays) when using the program.
- Backups added for Options files to prevent corruption of options/loss of key information
- Corrected error where post-boil sugars were being included in mash efficiency calculations
- Moved to slightly smaller button titles for the open recipe tabs to accommodate smaller screens.
- Corrected dates on calendar – previously it was rounding dates to one day earlier for March 2012 due to subtle timing issue across the leap year boundary
- Attempted to improve scrolling on dialog views – though still not perfect it is better than before
- Adjusted stir plate factor for yeast calculations – it now applies the stir plate factor (2.66 by default) to only the growth portion of the yeast for a more accurate calculation
- Corrected situation where program would “round” the numbers on some fields when a dialog was opened but the value was not changed.
- Corrected Linux export of files (previously files were shown as “not a valid type)
- Fixed Assert error that would show up when you clicked on the column past the column headers on the Mac build
- Corrected error where deleting a tree item from the list of folders would cause an Assert
- Corrected potential Yield assert on Mac when downloading add-ons
- Corrected text version of Brew Process report – which was missing aroma hop additions
- New tag added for custom reports $YEAST_NAME will generate the long name of the first fermentation yeast found in the recipe
- Fixed right click menu on data views – previously you could only display the right click menu if you right clicked on an item
New in BeerSmith 2.0.57 (Feb 28, 2012)
- Most significant correction is fix of a critical bug in the “Scale Recipe” command that was not filling the dialog with the correct boil volume when you scaled a recipe by selecting new equipment
- Added a progress animation when accessing add-ons from the internet
New in BeerSmith 2.0.54 (Feb 28, 2012)
- Corrected a bug in the tab updating that was not correctly updating data that is on more than one recipe page (such as taste notes) across tabs.
- When selecting hops the hop form is now correctly carried over to your choice from the database (for leaf/plug hops in your hop database)
- Corrected a critical bug first reported on Mac (though evident on PC as well) that did not save some recipe equipment settings correctly if a recipe was opened, the equipment was changed and it was immediately closed. This was corrected on both platforms.
- Made minor updates to code to improve scrolling from recipe view via the scroll wheel.
New in BeerSmith 2.0.52 (Feb 28, 2012)
- Fixed customization of columns to allow editing of all columns (including the first) and also properly refresh columns in views when multiple recipe folders are open at the same time
- Corrected occasional issues where button on Mac was remaining pressed/focused after mouse had moved off button
- Corrected themes to provide proper coloring for text on boxes, buttons, etc for better theme support
- Fixed previewing and printing of text reports on Mac version – they were previously displayed incorrectly in preview/printing
- Added $STEEP_INGREDIENTS tag to BrewProcess.txt report to capture steeped ingredients for extract recipes
- Improved error handling of corrupt XML files on reading to prevent crashes when loading mis-formatted files
- Corrected tab mouse handling on Mac – previous version missed some mouse clicks on the right side of the tabs
- Corrected recipe save button – which was added in build 51 – it was not saving changes after the first “save” was complete
- Corrected Undo for recipes – editing a single recipe in previous build would not “undo” correctly in some cases
- Corrected columns bug that caused crash on upgrade if user had a much earlier version without ingredient column settings
- Added preview pane commands (Preview pane on right, left, off) to menus and also ribbon
- Disabled “hide menu” option on Mac version in case user copied profiles/options over from PC with menu hidden
New in BeerSmith 2.0.51 (Feb 28, 2012)
- Corrected error in customize columns that removed first column when editing the columns shown
- Moved registration buttons above tips on tips screen to avoid confusion for first time users attempting to register
- Changed US barrel definition from standard barrel (31.5 gallons) to a beer barrel (31 gallons) to support microbreweries
- Added black color theme (high contrast) to support some users
- Changed timer for autosave to save more frequently to avoid data loss
- Added save button to allow you to save changes to a recipe without closing it
- Corrected bug where adjusting equipment profile for certain recipes was not being saved properly in some cases
- Made substantial additions to resource file and translation code to fully support non-English versions of BeerSmith by allowing virtually every label and button to be translated