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[Philip Lee <rocketman768@xxxxxxxxx>]

Simplifying and compartmentalizing that info sounds like a good idea to me.
I also agree that the way we do sparging is broken.

Is the process attached to the equipment? I can imagine I might have
different processes for different sets of equipment.

How does the other brewing software handle this kind of info?


On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 10:20 PM, mik firestone <mikfire@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One of the things I would like to include in v2.1 is a new options tab
> called "Process" where you can define things like you crush your own
> grains, you add grain to water, you fly sparge, etc.
>
> Depending on what you have selected, it will have different effects. For
> example, stating that you crush your own grain adds a new step saying to
> crush the grains and modifies later steps to simple say "add crushed grain".
>
> Sparging is presenting me a problem. Currently, the only way we know a
> step is a sparge step is that the name of the step is "Final Batch Sparge".
> This fails on numerous levels: I am fairly certain our European brewing
> brethren do not spell it "final batch sparge"; changing the name of the
> step breaks the mash wizard; and I just sort of cringe at doing this.
>
> I would propose we deviate from the BeerXML standard* and create a new
> mash type called "Sparge" that we can use to show a mash step is a sparge.
> I will need to contemplate how this will affect the interface and if there
> is any way to retroactively guess if a step is a sparge or not. When
> spitting the recipe out to BeerXML, we will change the type from "Sparge"
> to "Infusion" so that we retain compatibility with the spec.
>
> I want to make sure this idea has merit and meets with general approval
> before putting a lot of work into it. If it does, I will submit the
> necessary tickets and split that activity out from my current playing
> around. If it doesn't, I will grumble a lot and continue with the text
> parsing.
>
> Mik
>
> * - In a broader sense, I really would prefer to simply ditch the spec
> entirely in the database and only worry about it in the XML output routines.
>
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