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- BREWBEER
- version 1.1
-
- by Larry A. Irons
- Copyright (c) 1990
- All rights reserved
-
-
- This computer program will help you make recipes for homebrewing.
- The necessary files to run BREWBEER are:
-
- BREWBEER.EXE
- MALT.DAT
- HOP.DAT
- FINHOP.DAT
-
- These files must be available to the program or it will not work.
- The data files contain information on the different ingredients
- of grain and hops easily available from your local homebrew shop.
- These files are in text format (ASCII) and can be altered by the
- user.
-
- The first entry in each file is the number of data items in the
- file. If the number of data items is changed, this entry must
- reflect the new number of data items. If too many data items are
- added to any data file, then the screen displays may become
- cluttered and unusable. To change these data files use a text
- editor.
-
- Each line in these data files consists of one or more individual
- items. Multiple items on one line must be separated by a comma.
- String data, i.e. names, must be enclosed in quotes.
-
- MALT.DAT uses the following format:
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- Ingredient name in quotes
- Specific gravity of the ingredient (one pound per gallon)
- Color in degrees lovibond (one pound per gallon)
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- For example - "Light syrup", 1.032, 3.4
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- HOP.DAT uses the following format:
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- Name of hop variety in quotes
- Alpha acid percentage
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- For example - "Hallertauer", 4.1
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- FINHOP.DAT uses the following format:
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- Name of hop variety in quotes
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- For example - "Saazer"
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- The opening screen asks you for the amount of wort to initially
- brew (default is 5.5 US gallons) and the name of the beer recipe.
- An entry of 0 gallons will terminate the program. Pressing
- control-break anywhere will also terminate the program.
-
- On the succeeding screens, a flashing cursor and list of
- ingredients are presented. Using the arrow keys move the cursor
- to the left of the desired ingredient and press return or the
- space bar. A prompt will be presented at the bottom of the
- screen. Enter the desired amount of the ingredient. The
- pressing of the plus key ('+') will increase the amount of the
- ingredient by 0.25 units. The pressing of the minus key ('-')
- will decrease the amount of the ingredient by 0.25 units. When
- finished selecting ingredients from a screen press the escape key
- (Esc) to move onto the next screen. The current selection of
- ingredients will be written to a save file called RECIPE.PRN.
- The option to print out this file is given after selecting the
- finishing hops. Because each new recipe will overwrite this
- file, print out your selection if you plan on formulating more
- than one recipe during the session.
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- On the malt screen, choose ingredients from malt extracts
- (unhopped dry or syrup), malted grains, and other cereal
- adjuncts. Units are in pounds. After entering an amount of an
- ingredient the specific gravity of the wort is recalculated. The
- color in degrees lovibond is also recalculated. These numbers are
- approximate depending on variations between manufacturers'
- products and yields from malted grains.
-
- After selecting the malt ingredients, the boiling hop screen is
- presented. Select these in the same manner as the malt. Units
- are in ounces. However, the boiling time for each hop variety
- must be entered to calculate the alpha acid utilization. The
- default boiling time is 60 minutes. One variety of hops cannot
- be entered with two different boiling times. If you do this
- often, then alter HOP.DAT to have two lines of the same hop
- variety, for example, "Hallertauer 1" and "Hallertauer 2." After
- selection of a boiling hop the bittering acids in the wort are
- calculated in HBUs and a general description of the bitterness is
- given. In general higher gravity worts should be more bitter to
- balance the malt.
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- After selecting the boiling hops, the finishing hop screen is
- presented. Only the varieties suggested by "ZYMURGY" magazine
- for finishing hops have been listed. If others are desired then
- alter FINHOP.DAT. Finishing hops are selected similar to boiling
- hops. Units are in ounces.
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- After selecting finishing hops, the option to print out the
- recipe file is given. If the print option is selected then make
- sure that the printer is ready or else the computer will lock up.
- After printing the recipe the user is taken to the initial
- screen.
-
- Have fun designing homebrew recipes! If you find this program of
- value please send a suggested donation of $25.00 to:
-
- ATTN LARRY A IRONS
- MUSKETEER COMPANY OF COLORADO
- PO BOX 33351
- DENVER, CO 80233
-
- You will become a registered user and will receive notices of
- future updates. Updates are already in the works. Please send
- your constructive criticisms, suggestions, and ideas.
-