Here are the "selling points" of BrewMate. To get a first impression, you can also have a look at some of the screenshots.
- Simple, Fast & Accurate recipe formulation
- Save & Open recipes in BeerXML file format / Open Promash Recipe files
- Fermentables Calculation can be switched from Percentage to Weight or vica verse "On The Fly" - Simple!
- Hop quantities can either be entered in Grams (g) / Ounces (oz) or by Grams Per Litre (g/L) / Ounces Per Gallon (oz/Gal)
- Temperature support for both Celsius & Fahrenheit
- Volume support for both Litres and Gallons
- Colour Calculations in both SRM (Standard Reference Method) & EBC (European Brewing Convention)
- Balance Value / BU:GU Ratio (Bittering Units to Gravity Units)
- Publish Recipe to Web Feature (check "Recipes" page above for examples)
- Boil / Mash Timers & Stopwatch (With support for Hop / Misc addition alarms!)
- No Chill Bitterness Adjustment
- BIAB (Brew In a Bag) Software Support
- Brewday Mode
- "Style Nazi" Mode
- Calendar for Tracking/Logging Beer Progress.
- Forum Friendly text export (for sharing recipes that are easily replicated from someone elses brewhouse)
- Extensive database of Grains/Hops/Yeasts/Miscellaneous Ingredients (with the ability to edit or add your own)
- BJCP Style Guidelines
- Many tools incuded (Efficiency Calc, Strike Temp Calc, Refractometer Calc, Gravity Correction Calc, Boil Off Calc, Water Dilution Calc,Carbonation Calc, Alcohol % / Attenuation Calc, Hydrometer Temperature Calibration Calc, Timer)
- Backup feature (So you'll never lose a sacred recipe!)
- Portable (< 1 Megabyte) executable file (NO registry settings / bloatware / junk)
- it's FREE for life (Nothing, Nada, Zilch, Zip, Zero) with a growing community of users and actively updated!