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I'm hoping that the well-defined guideline for each style will help with that. Also, the great thing about a thesis is that a valid conclusion can be that it's impossible. You say a great beer depends on the brewer, but now it can be proven...with science!

This is what I expected, but needed confirmation. I am thinking about about creating a program to determine style and predict the rating (such as those given out at NHC) using only the recipe and procedure used as my master's thesis.

By only using the recipe (grains, hops, yeast, etc.) and procedure (hop time additions, fermentation length/temp, secondary fermentation, etc.) can the style of beer be determined? I know there are many programs which allow a style to be chosen which provides guidelines for meeting that...

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