Tiefenthaler Brewing http://tiefenthaler.auburnbrewclub.org Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:47:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Welcome to Tiefenthaler Brewing http://tiefenthaler.auburnbrewclub.org/2008/07/15/welcome-to-tiefenthaler-brewing/ http://tiefenthaler.auburnbrewclub.org/2008/07/15/welcome-to-tiefenthaler-brewing/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:48:05 +0000 Doug Bendinger http://tiefenthaler.auburnbrewclub.org/2008/03/16/welcome-to-tiefenthaler-brewing/ Willkommen!

On this blog we will be talking about my ramp up in to brewing again. When I use to brew I was very obsessive about writing everything down and documenting every step or miss-step. Now that I have gotten back into it in a big way I find myself a little bit lax on my documentation. When I went to Germany the first time in 1999, I found the beer varieties to be outstanding. I fell in love with a Schwarz beer called Donners Berger which is produced in the Pflaz region (Southwest Germany). I had it in Tiefenthal during my 2000 trip and have it every time I go back. The locals gave me a Donners Berger mug because I liked it so much.

Now back to brewing, I love to drink wheat, bock, oktoberfest and Schwarz beers. As I go forward I am going to try and document my thinking and my brewing sessions.

I hope you enjoy and please leave comments or suggestions.

Prost!
Doug Bendinger
(historical family from Tiefenthal Germany)

]]> http://tiefenthaler.auburnbrewclub.org/2008/07/15/welcome-to-tiefenthaler-brewing/feed/ Brewing Software I have Used http://tiefenthaler.auburnbrewclub.org/2008/07/15/brewing-software-i-have-used/ http://tiefenthaler.auburnbrewclub.org/2008/07/15/brewing-software-i-have-used/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:15:09 +0000 Doug Bendinger http://tiefenthaler.auburnbrewclub.org/2008/07/15/brewing-software-i-have-used/ The first software I used was called Brewer’s Workshop. It was version 4.0 created by TKO Software. It is basic but it will do both extracts as well as full-grain recipes. I really liked it but I know there are more parameters I should be watching and controlling. So because of that I moved to ProMash.

I find ProMash to be not as user friendly when it comes to capturing readings and information during a brewing session. This maybe because I like to have my computer open while I am brewing so I can enter data and findings as I go. Also, some readings (using a hydrometer) are based on a certain temperature. ProMash does not seem to account for the temperature the reading was taken at. Hopefully somebody will read this and tell me where I am going wrong.

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