This year’s updates have been related to an idea I’ve been sharing for recirculating mash systems involving a high flow loop within a brewery’s plumbing
Author: Justin
Brewing with Node-RED pt 2: My Dashboard
This post continues my discussion of Node-RED for brewing applications. In it I discuss my personal brewing dashboard and it’s features.
Brewing with Node-RED pt 1: Introduction
Node-RED is a popular framework for visual programming. In the post I introduce Node-RED, and discuss my transition to it from CraftBeerPi
ESP8266 Fermentation Controller Build
This post covers the build of my fermentation controller that uses an ESP8266 running BrewPiLess, with my custom ESP8266 PCB.
My CraftBeerPi 3 Plugins
I spent about 2 years using CraftBeerPi 3.0 as the software running my Raspberry Pi brewery controller. During this time I have written a handful of plugins to enhance or extend the functionality of the software.
Homebrewing PCBs Part 2: ESP8266
I designed some PCBs to use with ESP8266 devices, which I use as the brains of my fermentation controller.
Homebrewing PCBs Part 1: Raspberry Pi
I’ve been using a Raspberry Pi to control my brewery for awhile. I was growing tired of trying to arrange components and solder wires on prototyping boards every time I wanted to make a system change. Messy and not that fun. PCB design on the other hand could be perfected on a computer, and ordered/printed for cheap. They are also easy to share with others.
2018 brewery update
An update on my brewery is quite overdue. Many changes have been made in the year+ since my last post on this in early 2017.
Sanke keg cleaning for homebrewers
I’ve long been a fan of sanke kegs. My first brewery in 2010 was built with converted sankes for the boil kettle, mash tun, and hot liquor tank. I have used sanke kegs extensively for fermentation, and for the past couple of years I’ve been turning to sanke kegs rather than corny kegs for all my beer serving needs (and I…
European lager review
This is review 2 of 3 of the beers that I brewed for my friends’ wedding. This beer is a refinement of the lager I had blogged earlier about here. This beer saw pretty well all the adjustments mentioned in that post, then I went ahead and brewed 100L of it!