January 18th, 2012· Improves import of incorrectly formatted BeerXML files.
November 14th, 2011· Resolves launch issues seen with 1.8.20.
November 14th, 2011· Improvements to foreign file format import.
March 14th, 2011· Improvements to BeerXML import.
· Corrected issue where duplicated batches disappear on iPhone sync.
January 18th, 2011· Corrected some issues where the total water required in the instructions did not match that actually used in the steps given.
· Corrected incorrect initialization of new yeast records.
· Corrected issue with archive function where it wasn't aware of files stored in non-default locations.
· Corrected issue where profiles weren't moved when Recipe Store location changed.
November 9th, 2010· Fixed bug in hop allocation screen so now hop alphas are shown.
· Replace 'Delete' with 'Duplicate' in 'action button' on main screen.
September 24th, 2010· Changed beer and malt color conversion formulas
· Now use Lovibond for fermentable colors instead of SRM.
· Changed behavior on finding a corrupted recipes database.
· Fixed BeerXML import for files produced by BrouwVisie.
August 14th, 2010· Better support for special and foreign characters in HTML export.
July 20th, 2010· Fixes (hopefully) a rare crash when saving recipes.
· 'Move Application' dialog now gives option to suppress dialog.
June 9th, 2010· Corrects a problem where mash pH wasn't recorded correctly.
· Improves handling of cases where the amount of an ingredient in a batch is very near to the amount in the inventory.
April 20th, 2010· Resolves certain issues when importing .rec files.
· Resolves issues seen when importing from .bar files from earlier versions of BeerAlchemy.
April 8th, 2010· SYNCING WITH IPHONE/IPOD TOUCH REQUIRES BEERALCHEMY TOUCH 1.1.7 OR LATER OR BEERALCHEMY VIEWER 1.0.3 OR LATER.
· Resolves crash on launch for users upgrading from some older versions of the app.
April 7th, 2010· SYNCING WITH IPHONE/IPOD TOUCH REQUIRES BEERALCHEMY TOUCH 1.1.7 OR LATER OR BEERALCHEMY VIEWER 1.0.3 OR LATER.
· Resolves issues introduced with 1.8.9 for some users
· Changes to internal file format
April 1st, 2010· Resolves issue which could prevent previewing of certain recipe batches and also could cause the iPhone app to crash when the batch was synced to the device and viewed.
March 22nd, 2010· Dry Hops are now shown in batch instructions.
February 26th, 2010· Corrects a further issue with text encoding with non-ASCII characters.
February 8th, 2010· To prevent possible data loss from a text corruption problem, this release imposes a 10000 character limit on text fields and removes all text in fields longer than this.
February 4th, 2010· Resolves issues with Mash Editor.
February 1st, 2010· Resolved some issues with iPhone syncing.
· Altered recipe/batch editors so that all fermentables are shown as options regardless of recipe type.
· Added Viggiano color formula.
· Corrected issue when exporting recipes with / in their name.
· Added tasting notes to batches.
October 29th, 2009· Corrects an issue that could cause inventory allocation to be incorrect when an ingredient appears more than once in a recipe and there is insufficient in stock.
October 27th, 2009· Added code to autoinstall application.
· Corrected rare issue with inventory management.
September 21st, 2009· Corrects an issue with the Profiles editor.
· Corrects several issues with the Shopping editor.
September 20th, 2009· Adds sync support for BeerAlchemy Touch syncing.
· Fixes crashing bug when deleting a retailer.
· Fixes missing value in 'Instructions' template.
· Other bug fixes.
June 16th, 2009· Resolves an issue with the 'Shopping' feature.
May 5th, 2009· Now uses a calculated preboil gravity for batch IBU calculations if none entered by user. It is still recommended that this field be entered by the user for greater accuracy.
· BeerXML and .rec import/export now supports Mash Hopping.
April 21st, 2009· Corrects bug that could lead to incorrect color predictions after inventory allocations were changed whilst editing a recipe batch.
April 6th, 2009· Changed mash efficiency calc for batches so that it is always a mash efficiency not a brewhouse efficiency.
April 2nd, 2009· Added support for Mash Hopping.
· Added support for making batches from other batches.
· Added ability to promote a batch to a recipe.
· Added 'Copy as Text' so recipes/batches can be pasted easily into text files/forums etc.
· Altered Pitching Rate functionality to better match BrewMath results.
· 'Future-Proofed' some code reducing dependence on unsupported third party components.
· Fixed recipe calculations so losses and dilutions are properly handled.
· Fixed a bug in batch editor where inventory allocation wasn't correctly updated in some circumstances.
September 2nd, 2008· Fixed several issues relating to mash parameter entry and instruction updates in the batch editor.
· Fixed issue where if the user moved the FG slider it was reset when the editor was reopened.
· Fixed issue where the FG slider was jerky when used with recipes containing sugar.
· Fixed issue where values could be unexpected changed in imported recipes.
· Fixed bug where sometimes 'Scale Recipe' in the batch editor could cause the recipe ingredients to be scaled twice.
· Fixed bug where small salt additions would not appear in the batch instructions.
June 25th, 2008· Fixes an issue with .Mac uploads.
May 26th, 2008· Fixes issue where if a recipe wasn't using a 'specific profile', changes to the boil time or recipe type wouldn't 'stick'.
· Fixed History so it counts batches an ingredient has appeared in - not additions.
· Other small fixes.
April 10th, 2008· Fixes bug introduced in 1.6.4 that could cause the writing out to disk of the inventory to silently fail.
April 7th, 2008· Added additional 'basic' mode to recipe batch editor that doesn't do automatic adjustments for inventory.
· Batch Editor no longer allows adjustment of ingredient batches after inventory is adjusted.
· Fixed bug where the default profile might not be set in certain circumstances. This would then stop the batch editor from launching.
· Fixed bug where Retailers without '-' in the retailer name could not be emailed.
· Fixed bug where if a new retailer was added, the retailers pulldown menu showed the addition but the details used were out of sync for that shopping session.
· Added 'Order Arrived' button to inventory UI to make it easy to create batches from orders. Button only appears when On Order amount is non-zero.
· Fixed bug where date fields in inventory module could have empty value entered.
· Ensured that if a field is being edited in the inventory module when 'Save' is clicked that it's value was properly recorded.
· Ensured that batches in the inventory are sorted in order of expiry date rather than simply the order in which they were created.
· Crash Reporter now also sends back last five system.log entries relating to BeerAlchemy to aid debugging.
March 4th, 2008· Fixes a bug that could cause a crash on closing the app on Tiger.
February 18th, 2008· New Inventory System with new UI adds support for batches of ingredients with different specifications.
· Recipe Batches Editor incorporates support for ingredient batches and automatically adjusts hop additions to match inventory. Changing hop variety in batch editor automatically adjusts addition size to match desired IBU.
· Added support for multiple batch size defaults with 'Profiles'.
· Added 'History' Module which summarizes amount brewed and consumables used in past.
· Added tab support to web browser in Shopping screen.
· User can now add new retailers to Shopping screen.
· BeerAlchemy can change location for data storage (e.g on memory stick) with 'Recipe Store' preference pane.
· Export of recipe to HTML now also exports related batches.
· Added option for bagged and loose pellet hops.
· Fixed several bugs.
· Performance improvements to speed recipe/batch load times.