MacBarley Alternatives

MacBarley is described as 'Macintosh application that allows a home brewer to formulate beer recipes and calculate bitterness, gravity, alcohol, color etc. It is written in Cocoa (Objective C) and is compatible with Mac OS 10.5 or later' and is an app in the home & family category. There are more than 10 alternatives to MacBarley for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best MacBarley alternative is Brewtarget, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MacBarley are Brew Recipe Developer, Hobbybrew, brewsta and QBrew.

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  1. Brewtarget icon
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    Brewtarget is FREE brewing software, and an open source beer recipe creation tool available for Linux, Mac, and Windows. It automatically calculates color, bitterness, and other parameters for you while you drag and drop ingredients into the recipe.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Brew Recipe Developer is a Windows application that may help to develop brewing recipes. All sub-processes, start up from the selection of raw materials, over wort preparation, fermentable content, mashing process in any kind, hops, first and second fermentation(...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    An open tool, tied to www.hobbybirra.com, to formulate, manage, preview homebrewing recipes, upload them to a common repository, and share them with other homebrewers. Latest official releases on http://www.hobbybirra.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4.  1 like

    Brewsta, design, store and edit beer recipes. Cross platform home brewing software.home-brewing

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. QBrew icon
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    Homebrewer's recipe calculator.

    Use this to formulate recipes for ales, lagers and stouts. It also includes a brewing primer for those just starting out in the homebrewing hobby.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. StrangeBrew Java is a Java port of the popular Windows homebrewing software, StrangeBrew.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Brewfather icon
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    Brewfather allows you to easily create and manage your homebrewing recipes as well as keep track of all the details in your batches and your ingredients inventory.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. Brewer's Friend is a set of tools and homebrewing information to help you brew your very best, every time. Easy to use for beginners with powerful features for advanced brewers.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. BeerSmith icon
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    Learn to brew beer at home and join one of the most active homebrewing communities on the web. Home brewing recipes, forum, software, articles, podcast and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
     
  10. Providing easy to use calculators, converters and other tools to help you with all your home brewing needs.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. BrewComputer icon
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    BrewComputer can become the main tool for any homebrewer or a small craft brewery. Its core tool is a recipe calculator. You can create, adjust and calculate recipes, record brew sessions, manage equipment, share recipes with other brewers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. ProMash icon
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    ProMash - Brewing Software For The Discriminating Brewer.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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