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  <h1>&#127866; Top-down Brew: Beer Engine 2024 - Concise and FlexStyle</h1>
  <h2>Beer Engine 2024</h2>
	<p>The Beer Engine is free, open-source brewing software. It has greater flexibility than simple physical descriptions like 10 pounds of malt and one ounce of hops. The flexibility comes from percentage-driven calculations rather than physical weights and volumes. The calculations can be easily modified to meet the brewer's needs for volume, preferred units, and ingredient variations.  </h2>
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	<li>Why? <a href="BeerEngine2024Why.html" alt="Detailed explanation of the vision behind the Beer Engine software" >More explanation about the vision behind the Beer Engine software</a></li>
	<li>A <a href="BeerEngine2024Concise.html" alt="Beer Engine concise 2024 example">concise example</a> and a <a href="BeerEngine2024Example.html" alt="Beer Engine 2024 flexstyle illustrated by an American pale ale">flexstyle example</a> for an American pale ale</a></li>
	<li><a href="BeerEngine2024Doc.html" alt="Beer Engine 2024 technical details">More information about the inner workings of the software. </a></li>
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  <h2>Flexstyle Version</h2>
  <p>These calculators provide guidance for style-based recipe development. These meta-recipes are based upon <a href="https://www.bjcp.org/">BJCP</a> style definitions, quantitative analysis from <a href="https://www.beer-analytics.com/" alt="The beer analytics.com web site has a quantitative analysis of ingredients and quantities used in beer style recipes" target="_blank">beer-analytics.com</a>, and style guidelines written by experts. FlexStyle is a combination of "flexible" and "style." </p>
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	<li><a href="BeerEngine2024Example.html" alt="Beer Engine 2024 flexstyle illustrated by an American pale ale">Beer engine flexstyle</a> for an American pale ale</a></li>
    <li><a href="01CreamAle.html">Cream Ale</a></li>
    <li><a href="01AmericanWheat.html">American Wheat</a></li>
    <li><a href="02InternationalLager.html">International pale lager</a></li>
    <li><a href="03CzechLagerPremiumPale.html">Czech lager, premium pale substyle </a></li>
	<li><a href="04Festbier.html">Festbier</a></li>
	<li><a href="05Koelsch.html">Kölsch</a></li>
	<li><a href="05GermanPils.html">German pilsner</a></li>
	<li><a href="06Maerzen.html">Märzen</a></li>
    <li><a href="10Weissbier.html">Weissbier (AKA hefeweizen)</a></li>
	<li><a href="13BritishBrownAle.html">British brown ale</a></li>
	<li><a href="15IrishRed.html">Irish red</a></li>
    <li><a href="18AmericanPaleAle.html">American pale ale</a></li>
    <li><a href="19AmericanAmber.html">American amber ale</a></li>
    <li><a href="20AmericanPorter.html">American porter</a>
    <li><a href="25Saison.html">Saison</a></li>
    <li><a href="26BBelgianDubbel.html">Belgian Dubbel</a></li>
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  <h2>Concise Version</h2>
  <p>The compact variation has most of the recipe variables entered in a single field. Codes like m: for malt and h: for hops are used to code the recipe data. This version works nicely for recipes that are not meant to be altered, like clone beer recipes. Users can enter their own values for volume and similar batch variables. </p>
  <h2>Make Your Own</h2>
  <p>People who have basic HTML skills can easily make their own recipes with this software. The default values in the fields can be modified to make sharing beer recipes with other homebrewers. The Creative Commons license allows for free sharing. Attribution to this web site is appreciated. </p>
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	<li>Download the following:</li>
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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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	<li>Edit the blank page with a text editor to make changes to the default values. <a href="https://notepad-plus-plus.org/" alt="Website for downloading Notepad++" target="_blank">I use Notepad++</a>.</li>
  	<li><a href="HopIBUPercent.html" alt="Calculator for converting hop weights to percentages">A supporting calculator for converting hop recipe weights to percentages</a>. </li>
	<li><a href="GrainWeightPercent.html" alt="Calculator for converting grain bill weights to percentages">A supporting calculator for converting grain bill weights to percentages.</a></li>
    <li><a href="CloneRecipeTools.html" alt="Estimate the fermentables needed for a clone beer recipe">Estimate the fermentables needed for a clone beer recipe</a></li>
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