Proposal

[Steve Killen]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Clinton Ebadi <clinton at unknownlamer.org>wrote:

> Steve Killen <steven.f.killen at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > The exponent of 2 for liquids has been useful for me. But base 10 is much
> > easier in terms of division. Fortunately, gallons to liters is pretty
> close to
> > a 1:4 relationship, so it's not so painful to switch.
> >
> > I think my main issue would be using Celsius--especially for the mash. I
> like
> > that there are nice whole numbers for each mash temp using Fahrenheit,
> and
> > using C would mean trying to hit fractions of a degree.
>
> Whole numbers for mashing are achieved using celcius as well -- we
> conventionally mash at what are whole degrees in Fahrenheit because it's
> convenient for the temperature scale we use; European homebrewers use
> whole Celcius degrees since it's convenient for them.
>
> EMBRACE CHANGE.
>

Well, decimal is pretty handy, esp. for top-ups. Let's give it a whirl when
we get the new thermometer in.


>
> >
> >
> >     > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Clinton Ebadi <
> clinton at unknownlamer.org>
> >     > wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     Brewing operations henceforth shall be conducted in metric
> units.
> >     >
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