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Contents:
  Re: Homebrew Recipe Software (Mike Schwartz)
  Learning how to taste (Paul Hethmon)


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Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 09:27:27 -0600
From: Mike Schwartz <mjs at seadogboats.com>
Subject: Re: Homebrew Recipe Software

Promash was the go-to software for many years but unfortunately is no 
longer being actively updated and who knows how long it will still 
function.  When you look at the web site there are "news items" from 
2003 when he released the last update.

Most people I know, even those who started with Promash, now use 
BeerSmith.  BeerTools is also out there but not as intuitive or easy to 
use as BeerSmith, though there is a new version that just came out.  I 
have both BeerSmith and BeerTools and prefer BeerSmith for ease of use 
as well as greater functionality.  Brad from BeerSmith also offers 
excellent support and contributes to the community.  They all offer free 
trials for 21 to 30 days so download them and check them out.  There are 
other options for Mac that I'm not familiar with.

Mike Schwartz
Beer Barons of Milwaukee
beerbarons.org
worldofbeerfestival.com
Born to brew, forced to work...




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Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:07:08 -0500
From: Paul Hethmon <phethmon at hethmon.com>
Subject: Learning how to taste

So I got myself roped into teaching yet another BJCP class for the tasting
exam. This time I would like to focus more on how to taste. The facts and
styles are pretty easy to convey but how do you best teach someone (or
yourself) what something tastes like? We use a lot of words in judging that
do have commonly accepted meanings. Words like bready, roast, citrus, and
floral are pretty common and obvious aromas and flavors (mostly). 

But what about the odder flavors and subtle flavors? What do you use to
teach someone else what you are tasting? Distinguishing between different
malts or different hops?

Resources? Books?

Cheers

Paul

Oak Leaf Brewery

Farragut, Tennessee

(And apparent Rennarian would go here normally if I weren't lazy)

Sent from my iPad

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