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Description

30 day trial / registered version only

Easy to use interface

The main screen gives you easy access to all the functions you need to formulate extract, all-grain, or partial mash homebrew recipes of any size.

The main screen gives you access to these features:

• A large selection of hops, yeast and malts
• Hop additions: add hops to the mash, boil, first wort hop (FWH) or dry hop.
• Hydrometer: correct hydrometer readings based on temperature of the reading.
• Calculations: StrangeBrew calculates boil evaporation, IBUs, colour, efficiency, OG, attenuation, FG, % alcohol, and total hops and malts used.
• A Style Manager that shows how closely to a BJCP style the recipe conforms, and finds other matching styles.
• Miscellaneous ingredients such as spices, irish moss, or exotic ingredients.
• Alpha degradation calculator for older hops

Main screen:

Style Manager:

Miscellaneous ingredients:

Databases:

Large yeast, hops, malt, style, water profile, and miscellaneous ingredient databases. Databases are fully editable, so you can add your own ingredients using the Edit Database screen.

Edit databases screen:

Units of measurement:

Supports the following units of weight: pounds, ounces, grams, kilograms, tons, and metric tones.  Supports the following units of volume:  litres, gallons US, gallons Imperial, quarts US, pints US, barrel US, and barrel Imperial. Supports Fahrenheit and Celsius for temperatures.

You can easily convert individual ingredients between units of measure.

You can also change the recipe size and convert malt and hop units.  Great for converting between metric and imperial recipes.  You can also convert ingredients to different units by right-clicking on them.

Change recipe size:

Mash management

The sophisticated Mash Manager calculates water additions for infusion steps and volumes for decoction steps to hit a specific rest temperature.  It supports Fahrenheit and Celsius, as well as different weight and volume units. You can add an unlimited number of mash steps, and easily see how much water you need for each step of the process. The mash volume calculation is particularly useful for brewers with smaller mashtuns.

The Mash Manager also calculates batch sparges for up to 3 charges.

Mash Manager:

Water profile management

Calculate salt additions to match the brewing waters of the world. Calculate the right amount of acid for acidifying your water.

Water Manager:

Sharing recipes

Export and import recipes, share recipes with other StrangeBrew users, and publish your recipes on the web. Export recipes in XML or HTML.

Cost management

The Cost Tab calculates batch cost, and per bottle cost, as well as the number of bottles needed.

Cost Tab:

Carbonation management

The Carbonation Manager calculates the amount of priming sugar you need to hit a target volumes of CO2, or the pressure you need to apply to kegged beer. This feature supports a variety of priming sugars, including table sugar, corn sugar, mollases, honey, brown sugar, and maple syrup.

Carbonation Manager:

Printing recipes

Two recipe printouts are supported: simple or very detailed. You can customize the detailed report to print exactly what you want

Print options:

Inventory tracking

Easily keep a running inventory and track what malts, hops, and miscellaneous ingredients you have on hand.

Inventory Manager:

Shopping list

Generate a shopping list for your recipe to see what you need to buy.

Shopping List:

Recipe timeline

Generate a timeline and checklist for your brewday based on your ingredients, mash schedule, and the time it takes to perform different steps.

Brewday Timeline:

Competition entry forms

Easily print competition entry forms and bottle lables to enter your brews in homebrewing competitions.

Dilution calculations

Calculate how much water you need to add to a wort to hit a target gravity or IBU level.