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PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2025 6:38 am    Post subject: QBrew -- for your home based beer business Reply with quote
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ok.... so maybe that's a stretch, I don't know, but I didn't know where this app should fit.... Smile and it was too good to just pass by without sharing it with you Smile

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A homebrewer's recipe calculator. I needed one so I wrote one. 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. QBrew builds and runs under Unix (Linux, BSD, Solaris, etc), Mac OSX and Windows.



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2025 7:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is a great app, d/l'ed it on my Mepis box and am just saving up the do-re-me to get the ingredients Wink. At the same time, you have to buy a few cases of Moose Drool to get enuff bottles for brewing it into Smile. Just right for a Redneck Refreshment Very Happy Exclamation



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2025 7:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
JP wrote:
This is a great app,


i have to agree with jp. i actually attempted to brew my own beer once(don't ever get that kit you see at walmart Sad ...horrible... Sad) i only wish i had been using linux when i attempted this...woulda made it lots easier.



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2025 7:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I remember as a wee lad of 8 helping my dad cap the bottles after filling them. That was fun Smile

I also remember that it was potato beer that he made, and that he had one batch the went nuclear on him and started blowing up bottles in the cellar. Smile



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2025 9:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I also remember that it was potato beer that he made, and that he had one batch the went nuclear on him and started blowing up bottles in the cellar. Smile
Laughing Laughing Been there Laughing Laughing only it was in my bedroom closet, try dodging the caps when you're half-asleep in the middle of the night Exclamation Laughing Laughing



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2025 1:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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At the same time, you have to buy a few cases of Moose Drool to get enuff bottles for brewing it into Smile


Moose Drool! Bah ha ha! Laughing I think that's the brand my wife drinks. Come by the house and I'll fix you up with some empties! Laughing



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2025 3:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well, although I try to stay in the realm of Linux as much as I can, there are cases where you really need to use the best tool for the job. and in that case, ProMash is the hands-down winner.

http://www.promash.com/

Yes, it's propritary and runs only on Windows, but I've used it for both homebrewing and when I was brewmaster in a micro-brewery. and when it comes to formulating recipies, making calculations for water adjustments, and just about any other brewing calculation, it can't be beat.

If someone would like to use Promash as a template to creating a native Linix application, I'd be happy to switch, but until then, it's one of those apps that keeps me gritting my teeth and booting to windows every now and then.

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2025 4:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Does promash run under wine?

Guess what? It runs perfect under CrossOver Office. Wink
Not sure about the new wine version.
I would think it would though, thier page says it runs under wine.

All I have is the Eval of promash.
So I could not test the full version.



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2025 4:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Does promash run under wine?


I've tried it a few times with less than great results. Can't get it to print a recipe and stuff like that. Based on the loss of functionality, it's easier to boot to Windows.

I e-mailed the writers way back when, about a Linux port, but they said that they had reports that it worked under wine, and had no plans for a Linux port.

It's one of those very specialized programs that doesn't have wide spread appeal, and I can't imagine total sales numbers are all that big to begin with, so I imagine that the number of Linux desktops is going to have to soar before they have any incentive to create a native Linux port.



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2025 4:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Working fine with my printer here. Wink
Just tested after I read your post.



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2025 7:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
brewer13210 wrote:
I e-mailed the writers way back when, about a Linux port, but they said that they had reports that it worked under wine, and had no plans for a Linux port.


You could mention something about compiling it with Winelib to them.
As far as I know, they don't have to modify their code much.



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2025 12:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Does anybody think it is funny that a program for brewing beer runs under Wine? It struck me as funny when I read it.



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2025 2:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2025 10:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
JP wrote:
Rootboy wrote:
I also remember that it was potato beer that he made, and that he had one batch the went nuclear on him and started blowing up bottles in the cellar. Smile
Laughing Laughing Been there Laughing Laughing only it was in my bedroom closet, try dodging the caps when you're half-asleep in the middle of the night Exclamation Laughing Laughing


Oh man, what a mess. Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2025 12:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I used to make my own beer and wine many moons ago. The best one was the potato wine me and a friend made which we then distilled Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil



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