BeerSmith 3 Installation

NOTE: The latest version of BeerSmith along with recipes, information, articles and support can be found at our website:
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BeerSmith(TM) Home Brewing Program
Copyright 2002-21018 Bradley J Smith
All Rights Reserved
For license terms, see the file license.rtf

Installing BeerSmith from the BeerSmith.exe executable
- Download beersmith.exe from http://beersmith.com main download page and place it in a temporary directory
- Run beersmith.exe to install BeerSmith onto your computer

Installing BeerSmith from the ZIPPED version
- Download the ZIPPED version of BeerSmith named beersmith.zip
- Unzip the files -- including the file setup.exe to a temporary location on your computer
- Run setup.exe to install BeerSmith to your computer

How to install BeerSmith from a CDROM
- Insert the BeerSmith CDROM
- Run the setup.exe file found on the BeerSmith CDROM
- Follow the instructions with the CDROM

How to create a BeerSmith Backup CD ROM
- Download BeerSmith.iso from our web site at http://beersmith.com
- Use a CD-ROM burning program to burn BeerSmith.iso to a CDROM
- When needed, install or reinstall BeerSmith from the CDROM

To Uninstall BeerSmith
- WARNING - UNINSTALLING WILL REMOVE ALL OF YOUR BEERSMITH DATA
- Go to the Start Menu >> All Programs >> BeerSmith >> Uninstall BeerSmith

For additional support, information and the latest version please visit
http://beersmith.com
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Changes to V3:

BeerSmith 3 Release Notes
Major Features:
	Wine, Mead and Cider Support Added
	Support for Folders in the Cloud (and on BeerSmith 3 Mobile) as well as unlisted recipes
o	Secure SSL/https data connection to cloud for data integrity
	Water profile tools and mash pH adjustment now integrated in the recipe builder
	Streamlined user interface including smart dialogs that hide unused fields for current task
	Temperature can now be specified for whirlpool hop additions
	A ton of new data  support for fruits, juices, honey, wines, new hop products, new add-ons
	Boil altitude adjustments to adjust utilization for high altitude brewing
	Dozens of new features and fixes for brewers of all types
	New licensing system  tied to your cloud account lets you flexibly manage activations
Mead, Wine and Cider Support
	Recipe builder supports mead, wines and cider types and dynamically adjusts session data
	Mead, wine and cider style guides are now included with the program
	Report system customizes report to style of beverage brewed
	Support for juices, fruits, honey as native ingredients and most are preloaded for use
o	You can add new ones knowing just their brix value
	Equipment profiles for popular mead, wine, cider sizes as well as scaling support
	Support in the cloud for mead, wine, cider recipes and sharing
	Color icon system lets you choose color for mead, wine, cider
	Support for TINOSA and TONSA-2 mead nutrient system built into recipe yeast tab, along with GoFerm needed for dry yeast hydration  also available as separate tool
	Mead nutrients adjust down proportionally when using large fruit proportions 
	Support for Brix as a gravity measurement  can be set in Options->Units
	Yeast tolerance field added for yeasts to provide accurate FG estimate for high gravity beers, wines, meads
	Backsweeten tool to add in backsweetening ciders, meads or dessert wines
	Added none as a carbonation profile option for still meads, ciders, wines
	Fermentation profiles updated to include extra stage for extended aging
New Beer Brewing Features
	You can now specify a temperature with each whirlpool hop addition for more accurate IBU estimation during the whirlpool/steep
	A more accurate utilization model has been added to carry forward boil hops into the whirlpool  check the Estimate Boil Hop Util in Whirlpool box in your equipment profile to enable it
	Altitude adjustment for hop utilization is available  set Boil Elevation in Equip profile
	New Water tab supports directly building a water profile in the recipe builder
o	Ability to either include or exclude water agents using Dont include water agents on water tab  to account for cases where water profile itself may already include water agents.
o	You can match a water profile directly from the water tab using Match a Target Profile
o	Old water volumes tab is still available as a button Detailed water volumes at the top of the water tab.
o	You can now exclude gypsum as an addition in water tab or water profile tool
	Mash PH adjustment support for lactic, phosphoric and acid malt is integrated into the mash tab now so you can directly record acid ingredients and see effect on mash pH.
o	This allows you to make an up front pH adjustment in recipe as well as measure the mash pH to make a final adjustment
	Full support for juices, fruits, honey built into program now  adding a new juice or fruit is as easy as taking its Brix or gravity value and color and using it
	New Use in field for fermentable ingredients lets you add fermentables during steep, mash, primary, secondary and also supports new fruit, juice and honey types
	Yeast starter tab has been simplified and made dynamic so it only shows fields needed based on yeast type used (dry or liquid).
	Volumes for extract as well as water needed is now calculated for extract brewers
o	Also volumes for honey, grains, juice also shown so you can manage water needed
	Alcohol tolerance for yeast strains incorporated into the FG estimate for high gravity beers
	Refractometer tool now available as a pop-up in session dialog to make measurements easier
	Age profile now supports 4 stages for extended barrel aging
	Import tool to import BeerSmith 2 data on startup (also on File menu)
	Entire add-on feature reworked to show add-ons by type, and many new add-ons included
	Add-ons can be added from ingredient and profile choose dialogs to make finding new data easier
	Revamped fermentation readings section (session page) use current date and also allow for easy export to a CSV spreadsheet if desired
	Extract grain steep temperature field now added for extract brewers (session tab)
	Water additions, steep volumes, extract volume now shown for extract brewers (session tab)
	New mash profiles added for RIMS/HERMS brewers
	Notes, design and session tabs now show batch age in days for easier session management
	Support for display of multiple individual beer style guides at once
	Corrected bug in FG estimation that underestimated attenuation of yeast when working with a mash profile that incorporated steps at both low and high mash temps.
	Corrected bug that showed whirlpool hop additions in reverse time order on some displays
	Can now use SG as a data entry value for refractometer adjustments
o	I recommend Brix or Plato if possible as some SG scales are not terribly accurate
	Added table sugar as an option in the carbonation tool
Cloud Integration Improvements
	Cloud now supports folders on both mobile and desktop  lets you manage recipes online
	New Move to folder and Copy to folder buttons simplify moving recipes or entire directories between cloud and local
	Secure connection (SSL/HTTPS) on both mobile and desktop for data and password security
	New sharing option for unlisted recipes that dont show up in search results but can be located by your friends using a recipe id or sharing link
	You can rate recipes found online directly from the program now
	Cloud search now lets you find and share meads, wines and ciders
	BeerSmithRecipes.com site revised to support mead, wine, cider types as well as sharing
User Interface/Usability Improvements
	New neutral styling/color scheme to get away from 1990s blue
	Simplified editing dialogs for ingredients/profiles to reduce complexity
	Recipe pages (i.e. design, session, etc) are all customized to recipe type now to show most important data fields relevant to extract, all grain, cider, mead, or wine brewing
	Other dialogs such as equipment editor, ingredient editors, etcare all now dynamic as well and will display only fields needed to complete the current task based on data types
	Redesigned bookmark bar at top to feature most popular functions used
	Revamped many ribbon and tool bars to make it easier to understand/manage data
	You can now add new ingredients on the fly when choosing a new ingredient
	News feature shows important update announcements (a few a year)
Data Improvements
	New add-on system improved to make it much easier to manage add-ons by type (File->Addons)
	Wine, mead and cider style guides are added as default additions
	Basic fruit, Knudsen juices, cider apple varieties available as fermentables by default
	A large number of new misc items added as defaults to support beer, wine, mead, cider brewing
	New add-ons for cryo hops, hop powders, hop extracts, new fermentables, much more
	Revamped equipment profiles added to reflect most commonly used beer, mead, wine, cider types for brewers
	New mash profiles for RIMS/HERMS brewers included by default
	New carbonation profiles for none
Licensing/Activation Management
	Activation system was redesigned to support quick online activation via cloud account rather than retaining a key 
	Licenses can be activated and deactivated from your cloud profile page
	Ability to have both permanent licenses and subscription licensing which will lower entry price point as well as options for professional feature
	New subscription options will give users free access to major upgrades plus cloud space
	New system will also support additional online recipe editing capability for the future
Bug Fixes/Stability Improvements
	Added extensive data checks up front to detect cases where users may have moved/deleted data external to the program
	Corrected resource leak that could cause problems when adding or editing a large number of new items
	Corrected bug in printing of shopping list that could cause crashes
	Most simple edits are now modal dialogs for profiles/ingredients which resolves a crash bug on some platforms and also simplifies user interface.
	Fixed issues with title scaling and close box on tabs for high resolution screens




