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ProMash Revision History - V1.6.A

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Version 1.6.a Upgrade
Posted 03-15-2001

New Features and Enhancements:

  1. Refractometer Utilities!

    ProMash now provides you with 3 utilities which cover the range of tasks brewers will use the refractometer for. These include:

    1) Calculating Raw Wort Gravity
    2) Calculating Gravity During Fermentation
    3) Calculating %Alcohol, OG and Residual Extract in finished beer.

    Additionally there are tools to set the calibration of your refractometer.

    To get to the stand-alone refractometer utilities in ProMash, you must use the programs main menu, Utilities, then Refractometer. The calculators are also imbedded into Brewing Session functionality where appropriate, and are always represented with a button that reads "Refractometer" or displays the Refractometer Icon.

  2. You can now select between 2 different methods of applying brewhouse efficiency and calculating predicted gravity. There are also additional settings for brewers wanting a choice on how/what to calculate efficiency and predicted gravity with. These settings are located in new "Brewhouse Efficiency" settings dialog, and allow for more accurate calculations than the previous single method of applying brewhouse efficiency and the calculated gravity.

  3. The "Yield Matrix" in the grain/malt database has been significantly enhanced for easier, more accurate data entry of all grind types commonly supplied by maltsters.

  4. Within a recipe or brewing session ingredients dialog, you can now choose to see either the 'potential' extract of each individual grain entry, or the 'actual' extract produced by the entry. You do this with two new radio toggle buttons, 'Potential' or 'Extract'. The choice made also determines what will be printed on a recipe or brewing session printout.

  5. Within a recipe or brewing session ingredients dialog, the Individual Malt Gravity/Color Contribution display has been significantly enhanced to provide much more information about the extract the entry produces. This display is found by pressing the '%' button to the right of the grain/malt list.

  6. SG-Plato and Plato-SG conversions now use the ASBC Wort-3 conversion method when in the range of 1.0 - 1.080 and CRC fit data in the range of 1.080-2.0 , allowing for significantly more accurate conversions.

  7. Real Degree of Fermentation (RDF) and Apparent Degree of Fermentation (ADF) are now calculated and displayed within the main brewing session page, and a brewing session's fermentation specifics page. Additionally the stand-alone alcohol calculator now calculates and displays ADF and RDF.

  8. You can now set the default water/grain ratio for mash schedules within the System Settings, Mash System setting.

  9. You can now set the default ambient grain temperature within the System Settings, Mash System setting.

  10. Decimal Precision for SG and Plato readings may now be specified.

  11. You may now load/save the ProMash System setting to individual files. This will allow a brewer to have settings ready for multiple systems without manually changing the entries.


UI Modification:

  1. The Hydrometer Correction setting has been moved from the "Mash System" settings dialog to the new "Instrument Calibration" settings dialog.

  2. The System Efficiency setting has been moved from the "Mash System" settings dialog to the new "Brewhouse Efficiency" settings dialog.


Bug Fixes:
  1. A new bug in version 1.5.a was found, in that when new recipes were created the initial water/grain ratio in the mash schedules were ridiculously high. Once you set the ration to the correct amount and saved the recipe all was well, but the initial value made no sense. This has been fixed, and also enhanced in that you can now set the default water/grain ratio for mash schedules within the System Settings, Mash System setting.

  2. In Previous version, when printing the formula details for hops, the additional increase/decrease in utilization for First Wort Hops (set in the system settings) was printed as "Additional Minutes in Boil" as opposed to the correct wording "Additional Utilization Increase/Decrease Percentage". This has been corrected.

  3. Bitmapped Buttons were not being displayed correctly on Windows NT and 2000 systems. In fact, in previous versions user's of NT or 2000 had to be sure to turn this feature off to insure correct behavior. This has been corrected and Windows NT and 2000 users can now choose to turn on the Bitmapped Buttons feature.

  4. A bug was found in that the IBU value displayed on the main brewing session dialog did not match the IBU value of the ingredients dialog, until the ingredients dialog was launched and the "Ok" button pressed. This has been fixed.