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Use the arrow keys to scroll
through the review, or hold down
the
DOWN
key to advance more
quickly.
USING THE
ABC FUNCTION
You’ll want to use the
ABC
func-
tion to scroll quickly through the
list of beers and breweries. Press
the
ABC
button, then press
UP
or
DOWN
to proceed through the list by
alphabetical first letter—A, B, C,
etc. When you reach the desired ini-
tial letter, press the
ABC
key again
to turn the function off. (“
ABC
MODE OFF
” will display for two
seconds.) Then use the
UP
or
DOWN
arrows to scroll one item at a time,
or hold either of the arrows down to
scroll more quickly. You can press
PREV
to return to the previous six
lines of text, or press
NEXT
to
advance to the next six lines.
SEARCHING BY SCORE
To help you choose a beer from
the many beers which are available,
each of the more than 1,500 beers
included in Brew Master has been
assigned a specific score by
Tastings, The Beverage Testing
Institute. The institute rates beers
according to the following cate-
gories:
96 to 100 (Superlative)
90 to 96 (Exceptional)
85-89
(Highly recommended)
80 to 84 (Recommended)
Below 80
(Not recommended)
If you would like to search for
beer information according to a
beer’s score, use the arrow keys to
scroll to
SCORE
and press
ON
/
ENTER
. You’ll see the following:
98
97
96
95
94
93
Then, to see which beers rate a
score of 98, for example, simply
select “98.” Use the arrow keys to
scroll through the list of beers with
this score. Remember that you can
use the
ABC
function as described
above to move quickly through the
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SEARCHING BEERS
Scroll to
SEARCHES
, press
ON
/
ENTER
to confirm your selec-
tion. You’ll then see ten choices to
help you search for the exact kind
of information you want:
BEERS
SCORE
TYPE
STYLE
LOCATION
STATE
BREWERY
ALCOHOL CONTENT
DISTRIBUTON
BOTTLED
Names of breweries and also
beers are listed alphabetically in the
BEERS
list. (Both have been included
in order to make it easier for you to
look up want you want.)
Tip: For faster scrolling, see
“Using the
ABC
Function,” page 9.
After you scroll to the brewery or
beer you’d like information about,
for example
ABBAYE D
’
AULNE
, sim-
ply press
ON
/
ENTER
. If the item you
chose is a brewery, such as
ABBAYE
D
’
AULNE
, press
ON
/
ENTER
a second
time to advance to the specific beer
designation. Your screen will look
similar to this:
SCORE 95 $$$
ABBAYE D’AULNE
(BEER NAME
SCROLLS HERE)
NATION: BELGIUM
TYPE: ALE
STYLE: WHITE BEER
DISTRIBUTION: INTER
NATIONALLY
BOTTLED:
COMMERCIALLY
BOTTLED
Remember that if a line contains
over 12 characters, or 18 when the
compressed text mode is turned on,
it will scroll from right to left when
you place the arrow in front of the
line by using the
UP
or
DOWN
arrows. On this screen, only
REVIEW
can be selected for additional infor-
mation, which is indicated by the +
sign. If you scroll to
REVIEW
and
press
ON
/
ENTER
, you’ll hear the
sound of a bottle being opened and
beer poured into a glass. New infor-
mation now appears, such as:
SCORE 95 $$$
ABBAYE D’AULNE
(BELGIUM) BLANCHE
DE CHARLEROI
HAZY PALE
YELLOW
APPEARANCE
MEDIUM
Brew Master turns itself off if no buttons are pushed for five min-
utes. This feature is intended to help save your battery. Simply
press the
ON
/
OFF
key to wake
Brew Master up and return the LCD to its former display
.
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