BeerXML

BeerXML is used in both amateur{{cite web|title=Brew Competition BeerXML advice page|url=http://help.brewcompetition.com/files/beerxml_import.html|accessdate=11 February 2014}} and professional{{cite web|title=3BBL Micro Brewery|url=http://www.bru-gear.com/store/p3/3BBL_Micro_Brewery.html|work=Bru-Gear.com|publisher=BruGear LLC|accessdate=15 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222180227/http://www.bru-gear.com/store/p3/3BBL_Micro_Brewery.html|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead}} brewing and facilitates the sharing of brewing data over the internet.{{cite web|title=Brew Monkey BeerXML page|url=http://www.brew-monkey.com/recipes/whatisbeerxml.php|publisher=brew-monkey.com}} Users of different applications such as the open-source software{{cite web|title=Brewtarget|url=https://gitorious.org/brewtarget|work=gitorious.org|publisher=Gitorious|accessdate=15 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221175816/https://gitorious.org/brewtarget|archive-date=21 February 2014|url-status=dead}} Brewtarget (with more than 52,000 downloads {{cite web|title=Linux.com article on Brewtarget|url=http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/553639-brewtarget-hop-into-beer-brewing-with-open-source|publisher=Linux.com|accessdate=14 February 2014}} ) can share data via XML with users of popular proprietary software such as Beersmith and [https://www.orrtiz.com/bms-4-breweries ORRTIZ: BMS 4 Breweries] or upload their data to share on BeerXML compatible sharing sites and cloud platforms such as Brewtoad (over 50,000 registered users{{cite web|title=Brewtoad User Stats|url=http://www.brewtoad.com/users|publisher=Brewtoad.com|access-date=2014-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209055449/http://brewtoad.com/users|archive-date=2014-02-09|url-status=dead}} ) or the Beersmith Recipe Cloud (with 43,000 registered users). A user of a recipe design and sharing and creation site such as Brewersfriend.com can import and export{{cite web|title=Brewer's Friend FAQ|url=http://www.brewersfriend.com/faq/#platform5|publisher=Brewersfriend.com}} BeerXML to and from mobile apps or enter it into a brewing competition database{{cite web|title=BrewCompetition.com BeerXML guidelines|url=http://help.brewcompetition.com/files/beerxml_import.html|publisher=The Brew Competition Online Entry & Management (BCOE&M) system}} such as The Brew Competition Online Entry & Management (BCOE&M) system.

The adoption of BeerXML as a standard is leading to new developments such as ingredients databases{{cite web|title=The Beer Database Project|url=http://beerdb.org/|publisher=BeerDB.org}} which attempt to standardise ingredients definitions and characteristics. Brewers can use platforms like Brewblogger.com to create recipes and log their brewday for publication as a blog and for export to databases{{cite web|title=Brewthology database system|url=http://twinhillsbrewery.com/brewthology/|publisher=The Twin Hills Brewery|accessdate=14 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222060422/http://twinhillsbrewery.com/brewthology/|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Peretto|first=Bryan|title=PHP based BeerXML brewing recipe database|date=6 January 2014 |url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/brewthology/|publisher=SourceForge|accessdate=15 February 2014}} and common spreadsheet applications.{{cite web|title=Brewblogger feature set|url=http://www.brewblogger.net/index.php?page=features|publisher=Brew Blogger Platform}}

JavaScript applications such as brauhaus.js (developed from the Malt.io recipe sharing site{{cite web|last=Taylor|first=Daniel G|title=New release of brauhaus.js|url=http://blog.malt.io/2013/05/brauhausjs-mashing.html|publisher=Malt.io|accessdate=15 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222232424/http://blog.malt.io/2013/05/brauhausjs-mashing.html|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead}} ) allow users to run them on a local machine or web browser for execution through any standards compliant web browser.

The following fields form the core information of the BeerXML structure

• Recipes

Recipe name

Brewer

Brewing method (All grain, Partial Mash, Extract )

Recipe Type (Ale, Lager, Hybrid, etc.)

Recipe volume (Run length)

Boil volume (Wort size)

Boil time (duration)

Recipe efficiency

Estimated values

OG (Original Gravity)

FG (Final Gravity)

Color (SRM)

Bitterness (IBU)

Alcohol content (%abv)

• Hops

Name

Origin

Description

Alpha acids

Beta acids

Storageability (HSI)

Humulene

Caryophyllene

Cohumulone

Myrcene

Farsene (not explicitly included in BeerXML v1)

Total oil (not explicitly included in BeerXML v1)

Recipe Specific - When added (Boil, Mash, First Wort, Dry, etc.)

Amount

Time (duration)

• Fermentables

Name

Origin

Description

Type (Grain, Sugar, etc.)

Potential

Recommend Mash (true or false)

IBU gal/lb (for hopped extract)

Color (°Lovibond)

Moisture content

Protein content

Diastatic power (°Lintner)

Maximum used (% of grist)

Recipe Specific

Amount

Late Addition (true or false)

• Additives (Called MISC for miscellaneous in BeerXML v1)

Name

Description

Type (Fining, Spice, Herb, etc.)

Recipe Specific - When added (Boil, Primary, etc.)

Amount

Time (duration)

Yeasts

Name

Supplier

Catalog number

Description

Type (Ale, Lager, etc.)

Form (Dry, Liquid, etc.)

Best for

Temperature range

Flocculation

Attenuation

Max reuse

Recipe Specific

Amount

Added to secondary (true or false)

Time cultured

BeerXML 1.0 supports no more than three fermentation steps.{{cite web|title=Did you know you can import and export recipes via BeerXML?|url=http://feedback.ibrewmaster.com/knowledgebase/articles/44652-did-you-know-you-can-import-and-export-recipes-via|work=ibrewmaster.com|publisher=iBrewmaster|accessdate=15 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221185154/http://feedback.ibrewmaster.com/knowledgebase/articles/44652-did-you-know-you-can-import-and-export-recipes-via|archive-date=21 February 2014|url-status=dead}} While this is not a real world limitation for many brewers, it does introduce a discrepancy where a software tool or web service that allows several or unlimited fermentation steps wishes to implement BeerXML as an import/export mechanism. For example; where a fermentation schedule instruction to pitch at 21 degrees Celsius, allow to drop to 17 over three days and then decrease by 1 degree per day until the wort reaches 10 degrees, hold for 12 days before racking for maturation. This could not be accommodated within the formal structure requiring the use of informal/optional and non machine readable fields.

All units are converted to SI units internally. As a result, there is loss of precision when converting non SI units whether they be Imperial, US Customary or metric.{{clarify|Does it explicitly limit decimal places, or is the loss of precision not actually due to the format?|date=December 2023}}

Hop oil contributions in the copper are not explicitly supported in the current definition.

Farsene levels are not explicitly supported in the current definition.

No distinction is made between weight and mass{{cite web|title=Supported Units - Brewtarget 2.02 User Manual|url=http://www.brewtarget.org/manual.html#supportunits|publisher=Brewtarget|accessdate=15 February 2014}}

The BeerXML standard has a proposed second version which has been mooted and is under development. It has not been validated or published as its feature set is still under discussion.{{cite web|title=BeerXML 2 Schema Proposal|url=http://beerxml.com/forum/index.php?topic=10.0|work=BeerXML Development Forum|publisher=BeerXML.com|accessdate=14 February 2014}}

As in XML, all files begin with a header line as the first line. After the XML header a record set should start (for example… or … ).

Required XML Header Example with Recipes tag:

…

Tag names are always uppercase. For example, "HOP" is acceptable, but "hop" and "Hop" are not.

All records have a required tag that denotes the version of the XML standard. At present, all are set to the integer 1 for this version of the standard. It is intended that future versions of the standard will be backward compatible with older versions, but the VERSION tag allows newer programmes to check for a higher version of the standard or do conversions if required to be backward compatible.

• Record Set – A special tag that starts a particular set of data. For example, an XML table that consists of a set of hops records might start with a tag to denote that this is the start of hops records. After the last record, a tag would be used.
• Record - Denotes a tag that starts or ends a particular record—for example "HOP" might start a hops record or "FERMENTABLE" might start a fermentable record.
• Percentage - Denotes a percentage - all percentages are expressed as percent out of 100- for example 10.4% is written as "10.4" and not "0.104"
• List - The data has only a fixed number of values that are selected from the list in the description table for the tag. These items are case sensitive, and no other values are allowed.
• Text - The data is free format text. For multiline entries, line breaks will be preserved where possible and the text may be truncated on import if the text is too long for the importing program to store. Multiline entries may be split with either a newline (Unix format) or a carriage return – newline combination (DOS format). Importing programmes should accept either.
• Boolean - The Boolean data type may be either TRUE or FALSE, with TRUE and FALSE in capitals. A default value should be specified for optional fields - the default is used if the value is not present.
• Integer - An integer number with no decimal point. May include negative values - examples include ...-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3,...
• Floating Point - A floating point number, usually expressed in its simplest form with a decimal point as in "1.2", "0.004", etc... Programmes should endeavor to store as many significant digits as possible to avoid truncating or losing small values.

All units are fixed. It is the responsibility of the importing or exporting programme to convert to and from the units below if needed.

; Weight Units: All weights are measured in Kilograms (kg). For small values the exporting programme will make an effort to preserve as many significant digits as possible.

; Volume Units: All volumes are measured in Litres (l). For small values the exporting programme will make an effort to preserve as many significant digits as possible.

; Temperature Units: All temperatures are measured in degrees Celsius.

; Time Units: All times are given in minutes or fractions thereof – unless otherwise specified in the tag description.

; Specific Gravity Units: Specific gravity are measured relative to the weight of the same size sample of water. For example, “1.035”, “1.060”, and so on.

; Pressure Units: Pressures are measured in kilopascals (kPa)

As per the XML standard, all non-standard tags should be ignored by the importing program. This allows an implementation to store additional information if desired by using their own tags. Any tags not defined as part of this standard may safely be ignored by the importing program.

The optional 'Appendix A' adds tags for use in the display of brewing data using XML style sheets or XML compatible report generators. As the tags in the appendix are for display only and may include rounded values and varying units. These appendix tags are intended for display and not for data import.

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• Beer measurement
• Brewing
• Gravity (alcoholic beverage)
• Homebrewing
• Hops
• Mash ingredients

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• [http://www.beerxml.com/ BeerXML Homepage]
• [http://www.beerxml.com/beerxml.htm BeerXML 1.0 Specification]
• [https://georgeh.github.io/php-beerxml A PHP BeerXML parser and generator]
• [https://wordpress.org/plugins/beerxml-shortcode WordPress BeerXML plugin]
• [https://rubygems.org/gems/beerxml Ruby library for parsing and generating beerxml]
• [https://www.fivebladesbrewing.com/beerxml-plugin-wordpress/ BeerXML shortcode Wordpress plugin by FiveBlades]

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