Re: - mba

22 May 2002

Rick,
It is easy to see the posts, they are in the HDB which is available via
email.  However, being a computer type that runs UNIX on a number of
machines I have a crontab entry that does the following in the wee
hours of the morning on my desktop machine, that leaves the day's HBD
there in HTML form in Netscape waiting for me when I arrive at work.
The URL below is always the latest issue.
netscape -remote "openURL(http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic/latest.html)"
Note, there is a search capability for the HBD as well.
Rick Oftel writes:
...

 Talk about stirring up the pot!  FWH is an ancient technique that is hard to measure
objectively but is advantageous especially to the small scale brewer.  Since it is not
practical to make double batches and compare results, I use the analytical techniques
available for my small brewery e.g., the lack of boil-overs.   
Since I started FWHing a few years ago and the removed those whole hops and foam at first
boil, my boil overs have virtually stopped.  I am not sure if the removal of the foam, the
usage of first wort hopping, or the combination of the two is responsible for the
reduction in boil overs but my floor stays much cleaner as do the sides of the kettle.
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Steve Piatz                             piatz(a)cray.com
Cray Inc.                               651-605-9049
1340 Mendota Heights Road
Mendota Heights, MN 55120