StrangeBrew allows you to control how certain values are calculated, and to set defaults for new recipes.
To open preferences, select Edit > Preferences .
The preferences you can set are on six tabs:
% Efficiency : the default efficiency for a new recipe.
% Attenuation : the default attenuation for a new recipe.
% Evaporation: determines how much of the wort collected boils off (i.e. pre boil & post boil)
Size: default size of a new recipe, and default units of a new recipe.
Malt Units: default units used in a malt grid. You can change the units on the recipe per malt.
Hops Units: default units used in a hops grid. You can change the units on the recipe per hop.
: the default source water used for water treatment calculations.
: the default target water used for water treatment calculations.
Mash?: default value for whether a recipe is mashed or not. Recipes that are not mashed will filter out mashed malts, reducing the list you can choose from.
Mash Units: sets the volume units used to calculate infusions and decoctions. Also used to set the water/grain ratio.
Mash Ratio: sets the ratio of water to malt (in water volume per weight unit) for the first infusion of your mash, as seen on the mash manager. Units can be qt/lb or l/kg.
Temp Units: sets the default units for mash temps, either Fahrenheit or Celsius.
Grain Temp: sets the starting temperature of the grain, which is used to calculate the first infusion. Usually this is equal to the room temperature. Units are the same as Temp Units.
: the temperature lost to the mashtun during mash-in. If you pre-heat your mashtun, set the number to 0.
Hops Calc Method: select one of four methods for calculating hop bitterness. To learn more about the different methods, read See Calculating Hop Bitterness.
Alcohol By: select by volume or by weight. To learn more about this option, read See Calculating Alcohol .
Pellet Hops IBU: sets the amount of IBU expected from pellet hops vs. whole hops.
Hop Calc Times: sets the way bitterness contributed by different types of hop additions is calculated. For example, setting Mash to 2 min means that Mash hops will be treated as if they were boiled for 2 minutes for estimating IBUs.
: sets the defaults for wort left in the kettle, and beer left in the carboy for water usage calculations.
: sets the colour measurement used for the finished beer (SRM or EBC) and whether recipe efficiency is applied to the colour calculation
Red, Green, Blue: sets the RGB constants used by StrangeBrew to estimate the beer's colour on screen. Adjust these settings, plus your monitor's brightness and contrast (and gamma on better monitors) until the range of beer colours from Straw to Black looks correct.
First Screen: sets the first screen to appear when you start StrangeBrew.
: sets the way fermentables are sorted on the main screen and in recipe reports.