The Styles database contains a list of the beer, mead and wine styles to use when building recipes. The style guides are integrated with the Recipe Design Tab so you can choose a target style for your beer and BeerSmith will automatically compare key parameters for your beer against the selected beer style.
The default style guide displayed with BeerSmith is "BJCP 2015". This is the standard style guide for US brewers, though some overseas may prefer other guides. BeerSmith 3 also includes the BJCP mead and cider style guides as well as a new "Wine 2018" style guide for wines. You can also go to File->Add-ons to download additional style guides, though you will need to set the style guide displayed in the options dialog (see note below) before using them.
New Feature: BeerSmith now will let you display multiple style guides at once. You can turn these on from the Options->Brewing settings.
Important Note!: BeerSmith supports multiple style guides, and by default only the style guides that have their "Style Guide" field set to "BJCP 2015" will be displayed. This can cause confusion if you are trying to add your own styles from the style view. To display another style guide or show all style guides at once you need to set the "Style Guide" option within the Brewing tab of the Options dialog.
See Also:Beer Style Articles, The BJCP Web Site, Recipe Design Tab
Using the Style Guide View
o | Select the Style view from the profile menu or ribbon |
o | From here you can add, edit or delete new styles using the large buttons on the ribbon |
o | NOTE: If adding a new style, the "Style Guide" field must exactly match the currently set style guide option in the Options Dialog, Brewing Tab or it will not be displayed. Only the currently selected style guide will be shown both in the Styles view and when building recipes. |