Brewing instructions from Arthur Guinness II’s for Guinness

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Brewing instructions from Arthur Guinness II’s for Guinness

#1 Post by Frank » Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:47 pm

There's a grain bill and mash schedule at the bottom.

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Re: Brewing instructions from Arthur Guinness II’s for Guinn

#2 Post by Pentaquark » Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:20 am

I can't even read what it says...
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Re: Brewing instructions from Arthur Guinness II’s for Guinn

#3 Post by Phoenix » Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:50 pm

It's called "script". They used to teach it in school...
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Re: Brewing instructions from Arthur Guinness II’s for Guinn

#4 Post by JMcG » Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:27 pm

Phoenix wrote:It's called "script". They used to teach it in school...
Yeah, you couldn't read it then either, at least my "penmanship".
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Re: Brewing instructions from Arthur Guinness II’s for Guinn

#5 Post by Rob Martin » Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:39 pm

JMcG wrote:
Phoenix wrote:It's called "script". They used to teach it in school...
Yeah, you couldn't read it then either, at least my "penmanship".
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Re: Brewing instructions from Arthur Guinness II’s for Guinn

#6 Post by Steve Brown » Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:31 am

Yeah, I can read cursive, but can't read that. I learned American script, not European, I guess.
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