re: brewing software - another question

Hi

Reading Bill Velek's post on brewing software has prompted me to ask a question that, admittedly, crops up regularly in the homebrew NGs but hasn't been mentioned for a while.

What on earth has happened to Promash - anybody know a definitive answer? Every so often, people state that a new update is imminent, but nothing happens. It hasn't been updated since August 2003. Is there going to be an update at some point or has it been abandoned. Anybody know anything definite?

Or perhaps it is just so good it doesn't need updating.

Just joking 8^)

Regards KGB

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KGB
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Good luck getting an answer from Promash. They don't answer their phone OR their emails.

Reply to
Brian Bartz

Here is an update that Jeff Donovan posted about a week ago on the ProMash site:

brain tumor with >ganglion tendecies (I hope I spelled that all correctly). It is in-operable unless she wants >to give up the small things like seeing, walking, things like that. In the course of the last >year we have been to several universities and specialists. She started intense radiation and >chemo therapy regime's the first of this year and just ended the last chemo treatment (for now) >last month. Not asking for any tears, she is very strong and has a great sense of humor and >I have every confidence she will get through this....however, thats the story.

Even though the >majority of it is finished, it still needs quite a bit of coding to bring it to completion. >This is something I most DEFINITELY intend to do. However, I simply cannot at this point in time give a hard date for release as I would be unsure I could hold to any date as life around >here is a day to day thing at the present. I have been trying to maintain support for both the >users and the retailers to the best of my ability and for the last year that's been about as >much as I can do so, hopefully that will be changing soon.

understands I do >still intend to release 2.0, I just cannot promise when right now.

Wayne Bugeater Brewing Company

Reply to
Wayne

I'm coming in late on the thread... and, I'm a hack brewer. If someone came up with a standalone version of the HBD Recipator, I'd be happy as a lark.

Ed

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Ed Edelenbos

Hi

Well, that is my question answered - in a way I am now sorry I asked; the guy has my deepest sympathies, I sincerely hope his wife gets better soon.

I checked the Promash site for any upgrade info a week or so ago, obviously I just missed his post. In the (sad) circumstances, I'll just grit my teeth and wait - Jeff has far more important matters to think about right now.

Regards

KGB

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KGB

Me, too. One thing I like about it that is a PITA for many other programs (especially ProMash) is that you can pretty much set up a whole recipe with minimal clickage. No dialogs that need to be popped up for each ingredient, etc. Quick, easy, and infinitely flexible. Haven't heard from author Mark Riley in many years, though.

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Joel

Yep... incredibly easy to use and by now I have made the connection between the numbers it spits out and what I end up with. I'd need to go count them but I'm pretty sure it's over 50 batches completed and a boatload more that I've run through getting to the ones I've actually made. Admittedly, in my case, I don't *need* lots of detail and lots of stuff is in my head only, steeping times and temps, mashing times and temps, differences between hop types, etc. But I do *try* to write those things down.

In the end, it's like a word processor or spreadsheet... find the one that does what you need and stick with it.

Ed

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Ed Edelenbos

This was from my experience over a year ago. I have since given up trying to contact them. Although I sympathize with his current situation, it's no excuse for back when I was patiently trying to contact him and his company way back when.

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<SBartz

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