Over the weekend we hit the 2 million recipe milestone on the BeerSmithRecipes.com web site! We now have over 2 million BeerSmith recipes stored on the site!
BeerSmithRecipes.com was launched in 2011 to give beer brewers a central location for sharing or storing beer recipes. About a year later it became a central site for sharing recipes across platforms with the launch of BeerSmith Mobile. Over the years, the site grew and we added mead, wine and cider recipes in 2018. I launched a full web version of BeerSmith in 2021 allowing users to create recipes from any browser, even your tablet or phone directly on BeerSmithRecipes.com.
At the moment (mid may 2025), the recipe site has over 2 million total beer, mead, cider and wine recipes created by some 280,646 registered users, and is I believe the largest single collection of beer, mead and cider recipes in the world.
BeerSmith 4 – Integrating with the Web/Cloud
I am rapidly nearing completion of the beta on BeerSmith 4 for the desktop, which will much more tightly integrate the online version with the desktop software. Recognizing that some professional brewers don’t want all of their data online, you will still have the option to keep data locally on your machine. However you will have greatly improved access to up to date cloud ingredients, profiles and updates. For those who prefer to have their data on the web there will be an option to primarily use the web/cloud for storage to make working between the desktop and web versions much more transparent. Naturally the new program will also include brewing improvements across the board, full SQL database storage, as well as an improved interface. I am currently targeting a late Fall 2025 release assuming testing goes well.
Recent BeerSmith Blog Articles
Here are some of the recent articles I’ve posted on brewing:
- Specialty Malt Fermentability in Brewing
- Metals and Their Role in Beer Oxidation
- Selecting the Right Mash Profile in BeerSmith
- Beer Case Study: BeerSmith’s Witbier
- Spontaneous Fermentation for Beer Brewing
- When to Use Different Mashing Techniques in Beer Brewing
- Using Sensory Kits to Understand Off Flavors in Beer
- New England IPA and Hazy IPA Brewing Secrets
- When to Use Different Hopping Techniques in Beer
Recent BeerSmith Podcasts
Some of the new episodes of the BeerSmith podcast:
- Dry Hopping Beer with Michael Tonsmeire – Episode #324
- Making Mead with Alex Mendoza – Episode #323
- New Brewing Hop Products with Max Shafer – Episode #322
- Barrel Aged Stouts with Skip Schwartz – Episode #321
- Cold IPA with John Palmer – Episode #320
- Beer, Mead and Cider with Michael Fairbrother – Episode #319
Closing Thoughts
Though the last few years have been challenging for both the homebrewing and Craft beer industry, I continue to be optimistic about the future of brewing. Never have brewers had better access to high quality ingredients, an ever growing base of brewing knowledge and affordable equipment. In many ways we are living in the golden age of brewing.
Have a great brewing week!
Brad Smith, PhD, BeerSmith LLC