Brewtarget is a free open source application built for Linux, Mac, and Windows that helps users create and manage beer recipes. It implements BeerXML and is therefore compatible with Beersmith. The ultimate goal of the project is to be able to take a set of user-given constraints and immediately formulate a recipe. You know what, why don't you just check it out in this video demo...

I was fed up with the lack of good open source beer software, so I thought I would make a small application that would do all the calculations for me. Before long, the application had over 10,000 lines, and at that point, I figured that I would just put it up on Sourceforge so that all the work I spent on it could be shared.

Please click About->Manual in brewtarget's main window. In fact, read this before you do anything else.

Please! I want brewtarget to be of as much use as possible, so your input is imperative. Check out the links at the top of the page. Once there, click the "add new" link in the top left corner.

Here's your interview: do you know what a design pattern is, and do you know C++? If you do, then get a sourceforge.net account and send a message to the brewtarget project.