BeerSmith is a complete brewing suite that lets homebrewers and small pros design recipes, validate them against BJCP styles, model water chemistry and mash pH, plan step‑by‑step brew days, and sync everything across desktop, web, and mobile devices. It combines extensive ingredient databases and calculators with a brew sheet and timers, so users can move from idea to glass with consistent, repeatable results across beer, mead, wine, and cider projects.
Beersmith features and interpretations
The recipe builder updates OG, ABV, color, and bitterness live as you add malts, hops, and yeast, and then prints a brew sheet to keep your timing tight on brew day.
Integrated style guidance shows whether gravity, IBU, and SRM fit BJCP beer styles (plus mead, wine, cider categories) so you can iterate toward style‑true targets quickly.
Water tools and mash pH calculators live inside the recipe editor so gypsum, calcium chloride, and lactic acid adjustments reflect immediately in predicted pH and flavor balance.
Whirlpool and dry hop scheduling help modern IPA workflows with temperature‑aware IBU estimates and active‑fermentation dry hop planning fields in recent updates.
Equipment profiles capture batch size, losses, boil‑off, and brewhouse efficiency to align predictions with your actual system before you scale or export a recipe.
Cloud folders and the BeerSmithRecipes library let you store, find, clone, and scale community recipes, then sync them to desktop and mobile for brew‑day execution.
Beersmith mash ph how to estimate and adjust with lactic acid in the recipe appears as an in‑editor workflow using selectable pH models and acid additions tied to your grist.
Beersmith yeast starter how many cells do i need for a 1.060 og ale is addressed by a dedicated starter tool and yeast tab integrated with recipe gravity and volume.
Beersmith brew day timer how to view step by step instructions during the boil is handled by brew‑day timers and printable instructions on desktop and mobile.
Beersmith mead and cider how to create a cider recipe with fruit additions is covered via native mead/cider types, fruit/juice databases, and session tracking views.
