Beer Library

The Beer Library page holds every beer you make or buy. Add a beer here before you put a keg of it on a tap.

The Beer Library page with a table of beers. Each row shows a glass or keg picture in the beer's color, the name, style, ABV and status, and Edit, Archive and Delete buttons.
The Beer Library. Beers on a tap show a glass; the others show a keg.

Add a beer

  1. Select Add beer at the top of the page.
  2. Fill in the form. Only Name is required:
    • Name: the beer's name, as the TV shows it.
    • Style: for example "American Pale Ale".
    • ABV: alcohol by volume, in percent, from 0 to 25.
    • IBU: bitterness, from 0 to 200.
    • SRM: color, from 0 (very pale) to 100 (black). The picture at the top of the form shows the color as you type.
    • Description: a few words about the beer, which the TV can show.
    • Brewer and Brew date: who made it and when.
    • Status: planned, fermenting, conditioning or ready. A beer that is fermenting or conditioning, with no keg, shows on the On Deck page and the TV as coming soon.
  3. Select Save. If a field is not right, a message under it says why.
The Edit Porch Light Pale Ale dialog with a glass picture and the Name, Style, ABV, IBU, SRM, Description, Brewer and Brew date fields filled in.
The form for editing a beer. Adding a beer uses the same form, empty.

Edit a beer

  1. In the beer's row, select Edit.
  2. Change any field.
  3. Select Save, or Cancel to leave it as it was.

Archive a beer you no longer make

An archived beer is hidden from the list and from the beer choices when you add a keg, but it is kept, along with its kegs in Keg History. A beer with a keg on a tap or waiting cannot be archived until that keg is kicked.

  1. In the beer's row, select Archive.

Restore an archived beer

  1. Tick Show archived above the list.
  2. In the beer's row, select Restore.
  3. Untick Show archived to see your current beers again.

Delete a beer

Deleting a beer is permanent and cannot be undone. A beer that has ever had a keg, even one in Keg History, cannot be deleted: archive it instead.

  1. In the beer's row, select Delete.
  2. In the Delete beer dialog, select Delete.

Beers from Brewfather

Beers imported from Brewfather show "Brewfather" in the Source column and have a Re-sync button, which copies the latest details from Brewfather. You connect Brewfather and import beers on the Brewfather page.