I’ve been meaning to do a quick write up of the fermentation controller I built that uses an ESP8266 running a fork of BrewPi, with my ESP8266 PCB. The ESP8266 is a very popular WiFi enabled IoT device. Their most popular commercial use that I know of is in “smart plugs”. They’re used all the time for other types of…
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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!
Chinook APA review
I haven’t posted recently to this blog, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been brewing! I have several posts drafted for review and reflection of various recent brews. Here’s the first – a Chinook APA. This beer received inspiration from recipes shared amongst my homebrew club, as well as from my research into the ingredients of a well known beer hopped exclusively with Chinook.
Wedding beer prototype #1: European lager
I haven’t posted a beer recipe/review in a while! Here’s one for a European style lager that I’ve been working on. The beer fits best in BJCP Category 5C German helles exportbier (not that I’m overly concerned with that). This is a prototype for a beer that I intend to brew 100L of for the wedding of two dear friends. The goal…
2017 brewery update
Now that I’ve been brewing (and tweaking) my new brewery for about half of year, it’s due time for me to share an update!