Sometimes you may need to manually add a ingredient that isn’t already available in the SBC ingredients database. This could be a special malt that is available in your location, a new hop, yeast or maybe you want to experiment with a spice. Whatever the case you can add the ingredient to your recipe!
To add a fermentable ingredient first click on the Fermentables button under the Ingredients heading.
Next click on the Manual Addition button.
The Manual Addition screen will now be displayed to add a fermentable.
You will need to enter in the name of the fermentable. If you know the Origin you can enter that as well. Next your will need to select what type of a fermentable this ingredient is from the Type pull down menu.
If this is an ingredient that you add after the brewing session you would change Add After Boil to TRUE otherwise you can leave that option as FALSE.
In order for the Recipe Creator to calculate the beer SRM color you will need to enter in the SRM color of the ingredient. If this information is not entered in the color will not be calculated correctly.
Next you will enter in the Yield or Potential – whichever you enter the other will be calculated for you. This is used to calculate the Original Gravity, Final Gravity as well as the ABV. Potential is normally the easiest to find and will be a number that looks like 1.038.
You can also add any notes about the ingredient into the Notes section – this is not required.
Next enter in the amount of the ingredient you want to add to the recipe.
And finally to add the ingredient to your recipe click the Add to Recipe button.
If this is an ingredient you are going to use often you can also add it to your personal ingredients list by click on the Save To Local Database button.
Adding Miscs ingredients works in the same way as the Fermentables. Start by Clicking on the Miscs button under the Ingredients header.
Next click the Manual Addition button.
The Miscs manual ingredient addition is similar to the fermentables with a few changes. You will type in a name for the ingredient then supply the amount of time for this ingredient.
Next select what type of ingredient this manual addition is from the Type pull down menu.
Select how this ingredient is going to be added to the recipe.
Next you will need to choose if the ingredient is added by weight or by a description. For weight (TRUE) you will then add the ingredient by weight. If False is chosen then the ingredient will be by description.
Additionally you can add notes about the ingredient.
As with the fermentables you can save this ingredient to your local ingredient database or to just this recipe.
For a hop that is not already in the SBC ingredient database you would start by clicking on the HOPS button under the Ingredients heading.
Followed by the Manual Addition button.
Adding a hop is pretty simple – type in the name of the hop, origin if you have it and the amount of time for this hop. You will then need at a minimum the Alpha value for the hop so the Recipe Creator can correctly calculate the IBUs for this beer. This information will normally be available from the source of the hop.
Next select how this hop is classified (this is visual information and does not effect how to hop is used or calculated).
Next select the form in which this hop comes in from the Form pull down menu.
You can add notes about this hop as well in the Hop Notes section.
Finally you will need to type in the weight of the hop to add to the recipe.
And then select if you want to add this hop to your local ingredient database and then to the recipe.
To manually add a Yeast that is not already in the SBC Recipe Creator’s database start by clicking on the Yeasts button located under the Ingredients header.
And once again the Manual Addition button.
Simply type in the Yeast’s Name, the manufacture of the yeast (Laboratory), the product ID if available, Attenuation (this number is normally available from the manufacture). The Attenuation is needed to properly calculate the Final Gravity (FG) and Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
Select the form this yeast comes in.
Select the type of yeast this is.
Select the flocculation – this is normally available from the manufacture.
Select if your will be adding this yeast to a secondary fermentation (TRUE) otherwise leave this option as FALSE.
Next select if the yeast will be added by weight (TRUE) or description (FALSE).
You can add notes about the yeast as well.
Add the amount of yeast you want to add to the recipe either by the weight or description.
And finally save to your local database if this is a yeast you will be using in the future. Click the Add to Recipe button to add this yeast to the recipe.
