brew.grains¶

class brew.grains.Grain(name, color=None, ppg=None, hwe=None)¶

A representation of a type of grain.

Parameters:	name (str) – The name of the grain color (float) – The color of the grain in SRM ppg (float) – The potential points per gallon hwe (float) – The hot water extract value
Raises:	Exception – If color is not provided Exception – If ppg or hwe is not provided Exception – If both ppg and hwe are provided

get_working_yield(percent_brew_house_yield)¶

Get Working Yield

Parameters:	percent_brew_house_yield (float) – The Percent Brew House Yield
Returns:	The working yield
Return type:	float

class brew.grains.GrainAddition(grain, weight=None, grain_type=u'cereal', units=u'imperial')¶

A representation of the grain as added to a Recipe.

Parameters:	grain (Grain) – The Grain object weight (float) – The weight of the grain addition grain_type (str) – The type of the grain being used units (str) – The units

change_units()¶

Change units of the class from one type to the other

Returns:	Grain Addition in new unit type
Return type:	GrainAddition

get_cereal_weight()¶

Get the weight of the addition in cereal weight

Returns:	Cereal weight
Return type:	float

get_dry_weight()¶

Get the weight of the addition in Dry Malt Extract weight

Returns:	Dry weight
Return type:	float

get_lme_weight()¶

Get the weight of the addition in Liquid Malt Extract weight

Returns:	LME weight
Return type:	float

get_weight_map()¶

Get map of grain weights by type

Returns:	Grain weights
Return type:	dict

set_units(units)¶

Set the units and unit types

Parameters:	units (str) – The units