I have used the trials of promash, beersmith, and strangebrew. I find
beersmith to be easier to use. as far as support the author of beersmith
(Brad Smith) lurks and posts to this group and rec.crafts.brewing from time
to time so I'm sure he would be willing to answer some of your questions.
"Jerry" <jerrdaleHATES_SPAM@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Hail and well met gurus.
>
> I have been lurking, and from time to time launching my own responses to
> this group for a couple of months now.
>
> Recently, I have been evaluating a couple of software apps for brewing.[/color]
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> know, Promash and Beersmith.
>
> My OS is Win XP Pro, and Beersmith installed just fine there. Had trouble
> with Promash, but it did install on a Win98 box fine. Promash support was
> as concerned about my installation delimna as I, and we have found no
> resolution to the issue. I use the trial on my 98 machine atm.
>
> Getting to the meat of this post, I was wondering if you guys had a
> preference of these apps? Promash is a bit more expensive, but I've seen
> much more detail in thier selections. My caveat with them, I dunno WHAT
> will the printed output look like, as printing recipes is not available in
> the trial version.
>
> Beersmith, on the other hand, seems a bit more user friendly for the[/color]
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> evaluating the app. Also, the lesser exensive of the two. Not sure how[/color]
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> their support is.
>
> Either way, I am currently doing partial boils, and neither app has been[/color]
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> the mark with OG when given my list of ingredients, ( I am measuring more
> OG than they redict, and I always measure @ 60 deg.) F. This alone makes[/color]
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> wanna be sure I get the better of the two apps for my money.
>
> So, if any of you folks have advice on thes 2 apps, I would be happy to
> consider this in weighing my usae of which one.
>
>
> Regards,
> Jerry
>
>
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