Open Source Craft Brewery
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Open Source Craft Brewery
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Re: Open Source Craft Brewery
#2As homebrewer I love the idea, but unfortunately other than the Schottky Pumpkin Ale, it's not very "open source" as they do not list percentages or quantities on any of the grains they use. Even the Schottky doesn't mention the batch size -- though you can reverse engineer it given the gravity but you have to assume the efficiency.
Hopefully they go ahead and release more details on the other brews and make it fully open source.
Re: Open Source Craft Brewery
#3As homebrewer I love the idea, but unfortunately other than the Schottky Pumpkin Ale, it's not very "open source" as they do not list percentages or quantities on any of the grains they use. Even the Schottky doesn't mention the batch size -- though you can reverse engineer it given the gravity but you have to assume the efficiency. Hopefully they go ahead and release more details on the other brews and make it fully…
I was hoping it was going to be a fully open sourced start up. Be able to see the books, invoices/purchase orders, etc etc. But the beer recipes would be a great start!
Re: Open Source Craft Brewery
#4As homebrewer I love the idea, but unfortunately other than the Schottky Pumpkin Ale, it's not very "open source" as they do not list percentages or quantities on any of the grains they use. Even the Schottky doesn't mention the batch size -- though you can reverse engineer it given the gravity but you have to assume the efficiency. Hopefully they go ahead and release more details on the other brews and make it fully…
One the of co-founders here (George). I totally agree with you here. One of the challenges we have is just the pure amount of information a real business has and the realities of getting that information shared. We piloted most of the beers on a custom built 15 gallon system and in the future many new beers maybe be "designed" on the bigger 15bbl system. The 15 gallon system is bigger than most homebrewers use and going bidirectional from 5 gallon to 15 bbl is a bit more complicated than just linearly scaling the recipes. I would like to add a feature to the website that lets you choose the batch size but just need to find the time to do it! Long story short we are still committed to being open source and feel free to keep us honest on that front. If there are particular things you interested in please don't hesitate to contact us directly.
Re: Open Source Craft Brewery
#5As homebrewer I love the idea, but unfortunately other than the Schottky Pumpkin Ale, it's not very "open source" as they do not list percentages or quantities on any of the grains they use. Even the Schottky doesn't mention the batch size -- though you can reverse engineer it given the gravity but you have to assume the efficiency. Hopefully they go ahead and release more details on the other brews and make it fully…
I was hoping it was going to be a fully open sourced start up. Be able to see the books, invoices/purchase orders, etc etc. But the beer recipes would be a great start!
Hey llamataboot, we have a bunch of things on our list to share and I promise its more than just beer recipes. A lot of it we have to work through since our business is so regulated and deals with a lot of 3rd party partners. I do appreciate you even mentioning the type of things you are interested in. I'll make sure to keep track of your feedback and see what we can do in the future to open some of those items up as well.
Re: Open Source Craft Brewery
#6As homebrewer I love the idea, but unfortunately other than the Schottky Pumpkin Ale, it's not very "open source" as they do not list percentages or quantities on any of the grains they use. Even the Schottky doesn't mention the batch size -- though you can reverse engineer it given the gravity but you have to assume the efficiency. Hopefully they go ahead and release more details on the other brews and make it fully…
Yup. This is like getting an `ls -R` from a source code directory and someone calling that open source. In the case of the Pumpkin ale we're also given an obfuscated binary.
I think SKA used to release all their recipes, but their website obscures them and wants me to sign up for a mailing list.
Re: Open Source Craft Brewery
#7Co-Founder George Kellerman here. I lurk on hackernews a fair amount (technically through hackurls.com) and just saw this post so that was pretty cool. At the moment the majority of our "open sourceness" is provided in the deep dive blog posts that we do http://twbrewing.com/blog. We have a lot of work ahead of us to be truly open but we do have a couple special projects in the works to help that happen.
Re: Open Source Craft Brewery
#8As homebrewer I love the idea, but unfortunately other than the Schottky Pumpkin Ale, it's not very "open source" as they do not list percentages or quantities on any of the grains they use. Even the Schottky doesn't mention the batch size -- though you can reverse engineer it given the gravity but you have to assume the efficiency. Hopefully they go ahead and release more details on the other brews and make it fully…
Yup. This is like getting an `ls -R` from a source code directory and someone calling that open source. In the case of the Pumpkin ale we're also given an obfuscated binary. I think SKA used to release all their recipes, but their website obscures them and wants me to sign up for a mailing list.
Definitely not what we are aiming for! Maybe think of it like 'ls -R' is the first option we support but we are working towards being much more 'ls -a'.
Re: Open Source Craft Brewery
#9Co-Founder George Kellerman here. I lurk on hackernews a fair amount (technically through hackurls.com) and just saw this post so that was pretty cool. At the moment the majority of our "open sourceness" is provided in the deep dive blog posts that we do http://twbrewing.com/blog . We have a lot of work ahead of us to be truly open but we do have a couple special projects in the works to help that happen.
Excellent, you're open for business and I'm in the area :) I am a hacker and an ex-homebrewer (but will be a homebrewer again when my kids are a bit older and assuming I have the time ;) )
I'll definitely check you guys out! We're definitely getting some good craft breweries in the Twin Cities!
Re: Open Source Craft Brewery
#10Co-Founder George Kellerman here. I lurk on hackernews a fair amount (technically through hackurls.com) and just saw this post so that was pretty cool. At the moment the majority of our "open sourceness" is provided in the deep dive blog posts that we do http://twbrewing.com/blog . We have a lot of work ahead of us to be truly open but we do have a couple special projects in the works to help that happen.
Excellent, you're open for business and I'm in the area :) I am a hacker and an ex-homebrewer (but will be a homebrewer again when my kids are a bit older and assuming I have the time ;) ) I'll definitely check you guys out! We're definitely getting some good craft breweries in the Twin Cities!
So many great craft breweries, it's really incredible. I live walking distance to Dangerous Man, Indeed, and 612, have the day job near Fulton, make it a point to get to Steel Toe, Harriet, and Flat Earth. I wish I could get out as far as Excelsior and Lift Bridge more often. So many choices!
Make sure to introduce yourself sometime.