Anybody know what's happened to the HBD.org site? tI's been down for at least several weeks. I hate to date myself so obviously but I still love the Recipator recipe formulation spreadsheet/software hosted on the site and am, quite honestly, hung-up without it. I've got Beersmith but it's too fiddly and complicated.
R.I.P. Home Brew Digest?
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Posted 27 January 2015 - 03:53 PM
#2
Posted 27 January 2015 - 04:15 PM
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Posted 27 January 2015 - 04:29 PM
Thanks Ken! That Tasybrew Recipe Calculator might just stand in for the Recipator in a pinch. Will it allow you to save a recipe and return to it/tweak it?
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Posted 27 January 2015 - 04:35 PM
I don't have any info on it but I fear I may find myself in a similar situation someday because I still use the calculator on Tastybrew.com. Yes, I have Beertools and some of the other products but prefer the simpler approach. I just tried HBD.ORG and it just spins and spins until I get a Yahoo screen. Maybe their server is just on the fritz and someone is not all that in a hurry to resolve it.
I hardly ever went to HBD. Why, I really don't know. There was a lot of info there. Hope it's not gone. Tastybrew is all I've really ever used on a regular basis. I've downloaded others but stayed with TB for the simplicity of it. If it goes a Big Chief Tablet and a #2 pencil can work quite well.I would rather use a keyboard though..........eta: be nice to Denny - I think he's still a mod thereThanks Ken! That Tasybrew Recipe Calculator might just stand in for the Recipator in a pinch. Will it allow you to save a recipe and return to it/tweak it?
Edited by djinkc, 27 January 2015 - 04:35 PM.
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Posted 27 January 2015 - 04:56 PM
#7
Posted 28 January 2015 - 09:12 AM
Just downloaded the open-source Brewtarget from SourceForge. Looks like I can keep that pretty simple. Will try and let y'all know.
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Posted 28 January 2015 - 10:08 AM
Yeah, last I heard HBD was out of money. Pat probably had to shut things down.
As to TB, Rob keeps talking about shutting it down. He has no time to keep the site up or upgrade it. The only reason it's still there is that he's too busy to even shut it down. Although on thing he's talked about is keeping the calculators and shutting down the rest of it.
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Posted 01 February 2015 - 01:40 PM
#10
Posted 02 February 2015 - 10:10 AM
If you have reasonable excel skills make your own spreadsheet. it's pretty easy and it will really make you understand how everything works.
#11
Posted 02 February 2015 - 10:15 AM
HBD Brews and Views forum seems to be back. I was just on it. I sent a couple emails to people who might know what's up.
#12
Posted 03 February 2015 - 06:38 AM
hbd.org was too much of an old boys club for me. Seemed like there was a minority of people who were allowed to ask and answer questions. The rest of us are lucky that they allowed us to be within their presence.
The BeerAdvocate forum is kind of like this. I forced my way into it anyway a month or so ago and it's beginning to pay off. Believe it or not, they're not all 100% idiots. Some are but every forum has some of those.
#13
Posted 03 February 2015 - 07:53 AM
The BeerAdvocate forum is kind of like this. I forced my way into it anyway a month or so ago and it's beginning to pay off. Believe it or not, they're not all 100% idiots. Some are but every forum has some of those.
I've seen some pretty awful advice in there. keep that filter on!
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Posted 03 February 2015 - 08:50 AM
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Posted 03 February 2015 - 09:00 AM
Do not know about the Beer Advocate forum. I do not think I ever looked into it.I was a charter subscriber to their magazine and renewed it for two years. Then I did not renew. At the time, I was living on the west coast. About 9 out 10 beers in the magazine were not available to me. It was too east coast centric. Which I thought was dumb. Considering the population the west coast and the market for beer, seems stupid to ignore such subscriber potential.
No, it causes traffic to the ISO:FT section of their website!
#16
Posted 04 February 2015 - 06:01 AM
If you want to check it out: https://www.beeradvo.../homebrewing.8/
It's not my favorite but it does get more traffic than, say, this place.
#17
Posted 08 February 2015 - 09:09 AM
HBD Brews and Views forum seems to be back. I was just on it. I sent a couple emails to people who might know what's up.
I see that it's back up! Donation sent.
#18
Posted 08 February 2015 - 10:18 AM
What happened is that Pat is on a long term assignment and only gets home every 3-4 weeks. If the server crashes or something else happens in that time it has to wait til he gets back to fix it.
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Posted 10 February 2015 - 08:10 PM
Good to know. Thanks Denny.
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