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  <h1>&#127866; Top-down Brew: Beer Engine - DIY Make Your Own</h1>
  <h2>Make your own recipe calculator web page</h2>
  <p>People who have basic HTML skills can easily make their own recipe calculating web pages with the beer engine. It's easy to edit the default recipe values in the fields. The software has a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/" alt="Creative Commons web site" target="_blank">Creative Commons</a> license that allows for sharing and modifications.  Attribution to this web site is appreciated. </p>
  <h2>Download the web page template and javascript</h2>
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		<li>Concise version: <a href="BeerEngine2024ConciseTemplate.html" alt="Blank concise recipe page">a nearly blank concise page</a>, <a href="BeerEngineConcise2024.js">BeerEngineConcise2024.js</a>, and <a href="BeerEngine2024.css">BeerEngine2024.css</a></li>
		<li>Flexstyle version: <a href="BeerEngine2024Blank.html" alt="Blank recipe page with guidance">a blank recipe with guidance</a>, <a href="BeerEngine2024.js">BeerEngine2024.js</a>, and <a href="BeerEngine2024.css">BeerEngine2024.css</a></li>
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   <h2>Edit for your recipe values, then run</h2>
  <p>Edit the blank page with a text editor to make changes to the default values. <a href="https://notepad-plus-plus.org/" alt="Notepad++ homepage" target="_blank">I use Notepad++</a> on Windows or <a href="https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/emacs/emacs.html" alt="Emacs software home page.">Emacs</a> on Linux.</p>  
  <p>The files can be run off your computer's hard drive by opening the pages in a web browser. Be sure to include all of the files in the same directory. Host your pages on a web site to make the pages public.</p>
  <h2>Other useful tools</h2>
  	<li>A supporting calculator for <a href="HopIBUPercent.html" alt="Calculator for converting hop weights to percentages">conversion of hop recipe weights to percentages</a>. </li>
	<li>A supporting calculator for <a href="GrainWeightPercent.html" alt="Calculator for converting grain bill weights to percentages">conversion of grain bill weights to percentages.</a></li>
    <li>Estimate the <a href="CloneRecipeTools.html" alt="Estimate the fermentables needed for a clone beer recipe">fermentables needed for a clone beer recipe</a></li>
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<h2>Other beer engine possibilities</h2>
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  <li><a href="beconcise.html">BEConcise</a>: This compact variation of the beer engine has the recipe variables entered in a single field to ease the  communication of beer recipes.</li>
  <li><a href="beflexstyle.html">FlexStyle</a>: The FlexStyle variation gives suggestions for brewing a particular beer style. </li>
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