BrewBlogger

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BrewBlogger 2.3.2

Finally! The latest version of BrewBlogger has been released. This version fixes several bugs and incorporates a few new features, including:

• The ability to enter up to 15 grains and 15 hops into recipes and logs - that's 6 more than previous for each.
• An enhanced hop bitterness calculator where users can input up to 20 hop additions. The cacluations now take into account whether pellets or whole hops are being used.
• A completely reworked printing feature that outputs cleaner, more user-friendly pages.
• One new theme based upon the BrewBlogger.net theme and inspired by the color scheme from a bottle of St. Bernardus Abt 12.

Note: version 2.3.2 will be the final BrewBlogger release utilizing the current code structure. A conversion is planned for release in 2011.

New Features

New features of BrewBlogger 2.3 include:

• Automatic detection of mobile browsers. If you are viewing a BrewBlogger 2.3 installation from a web-enabled phone, your data will appear in an easy-to-read, mobile friendly layout.
• Customizable Mash Profiles with multiple steps (with over 20 pre-loaded profiles).
• Customizable Water Profiles (with nine pre-loaded profiles).
• Customizable Yeast Profiles (with over 170 pre-loaded yeast strains from 13 labs).
• Customizable Equipment Profiles (with 10 pre-loaded profiles).
• Updated Miscellaneous ingredient database.
• Update of BrewBlog and Recipe database tables to utilize BeerXML standard. This will make BrewBlogger more complementary to desktop-based applications like ProMash and BeerSmith that export BeerXML files.
• Ability to import BeerXML files into a BrewBlog (previously, users could only import to recipes).
• Ability to display "featured" recipes or BrewBlogs at the top of lists.
• Ability to archive recipes or BrewBlogs .
• More refined ingredient administration for fine-tuning of recipe formulation.
• Reworked water amounts calculator for more accuracy - thanks Kevin!
• User-level defaults for equipment profiles, mash profiles, water profiles, boil time, batch size, and bitterness formula.
• A new theme called Midas.

Current Release Features

• BeerXML input and beefed up, more compliant output
• 2008 BJCP Guidelines
• Updated iconography
• Quick edit feature
• Competition documentation from brewblog data
• Expanded user profiles
• Club Edition News/Announcements
• Recipe scaling

What is...

BrewBlogger is a easy to set up, easy to use, browser-based homebrewing log. It is a PHP/MySQL-based system that provides today's home-based or small beer/mead brewer not only a fast and easy way to record their brewing activities, but also forum to share their zymurgistic efforts and expertise with the homebrewing community around the world.

BrewBlogger was developed by brewing and computer geek Geoff Humphrey for zkdigital.com - mainly at his own whim and evolving need.

Display

• Brew date and tap date
• Fermentation schedule
• Yield
• Status (planned, primary, secondary, tertiary, conditioning, bottled, on tap)
• Imperial (U.S.) or metric units of measure
• Styles conforming to 2008 Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) guidelines
• Original gravity, target original gravity, final gravity, target final gravity, plus intermediate gravity readings
• Bitterness (IBU or HBU)
• Color (SRM and EBC)
• Calorie content and Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
• Plato, extract, attenuation, and efficiency calculations
• Method (extract, partial mash, all-grain)
• Cost
• Tracking and display of reviews and judges comments
• Tracking and display of awards
• 83 malt, 79 hop, 11 extract, 27 adjunct, and 54 miscellaneous ingredients come pre-loaded with room for your additions
• Customizable mash profiles with 19 of the most common mashing techniques and associated steps
• Customizable water profiles with 9 pre-loaded profiles from famous brewing cities
• Customizable yeast profiles with 172 pre-loaded varieties from White Labs, Wyeast, Fermentis, Danstar and more
• Customizable equipment profiles with 9 of the most common equipment setups
• Brewing procedure
• Your comments and notes
• Bottle label image display
• Links to related websites
• News/Announcement display (multi-user only)
• A personalized brewing calendar
• Brewing calculator suite including:
• Calories, Alcohol, and Plato Calculator
• Brewhouse Efficiency Calculator
• Bitterness Calculator
• Water Amounts Calculator
• Priming Sugar Calculator
• Force Carbonation Calculator
• Plato/Brix/Specific Gravity Calculator
• Full-featured Recipe Calculator
• Reference area including:
• 98 BJCP styles
• 70+ Hop varieties
• 100+ Malt, grain, and adjunct varieties
• Printable log and recipe pages

Administration

• Password protected log entry and administration area
• Single- or multi-user options
• Multi-user option can accommodate unlimited users and administrators, complete with user profiles - perfect for clubs
• Printable contest entry forms for any brew log - no more writing long-hand, data is auto-populated from the log
• Import BeerXML format to logs and recipes
• Now you can export your recipes and logs from desktop brew calculation software, such as BeerSmith, and import them to share
• Export any recipe in fully compliant BeerXML format for importing into desktop brew calculation software packages such as BeerSmith
• Export log and recipe databases to Excel and SQL
• Customizable display featuring:
• Choice of 12 themes
• Unique blog name
• Personalized tag line or favorite quote
• Personalized menu text
• Brewer biographical information
• Brewer favorite links
• Display preferences

• Display preferences