The Beer Bug

[Beer-lord]

Saw this on another forum and had a good laugh. Must everything be techie these days?
https://www.thebeerbug.com/


What is BeerBug?

BeerBug takes your brew data from the physical world to your computer and smartphone in real time, any where in the world. Its supporting social networks allows all members to learn from and partake in brewing all over the world.

How BeerBug Works

BeerBug takes your brew’s gravity, temperature, and alcohol% measurements every 10 minutes and streams them to the cloud via WiFi.

- fits most any vessel
- mounts just like an airlock
- reroutes CO2 via airlock/blowoff
- rechargable 25 day battery life
- view your brew data anywhere in the
world with your computer & smartphone
- Android and iOS supported

[jivex5k]

250 is too expensive...wonder how hard it would be to make your own.

[Chuck N]

It just goes to show that entrepreneurship (thanks spell-check) is alive and well in the U.S. It's just like the tried and true investment advise; In an oil boom you don't invest your money into the oil wells, you invest it into the oil drums. In a gold rush you don't buy into the gold mines, you buy into the pick and shovel makers.

[jivex5k]

It just goes to show that entrepreneurship (thanks spell-check) is alive and well in the U.S. It's just like the tried and true investment advise; In an oil boom you don't invest your money into the oil wells, you invest it into the oil drums. In a gold rush you don't buy into the gold mines, you buy into the pick and shovel makers.

And what do you do in a craft beer boom? Invest in barrels.

[Chuck N]

It just goes to show that entrepreneurship (thanks spell-check) is alive and well in the U.S. It's just like the tried and true investment advise; In an oil boom you don't invest your money into the oil wells, you invest it into the oil drums. In a gold rush you don't buy into the gold mines, you buy into the pick and shovel makers.

And what do you do in a craft beer boom? Invest in barrels.

I'd invest in the bars.

Oh wait. I already do that.

[Inkleg]

It just goes to show that entrepreneurship (thanks spell-check) is alive and well in the U.S. It's just like the tried and true investment advise; In an oil boom you don't invest your money into the oil wells, you invest it into the oil drums. In a gold rush you don't buy into the gold mines, you buy into the pick and shovel makers.

And what do you do in a craft beer boom? Invest in barrels.

I'd invest in the bars.

Oh wait. I already do that.

Setting your ass on a bar stool ordering drinks is NOT investing in a bar.

[Kealia]

I saw this a while back on KickStarter I think. Interesting idea and the data would be "fun" for me, but not needed. Maybe if I were a more serious brewer.

[Crazy Climber]

Agreed - very cool toy that I would have fun using, but at my level, it's not needed, and WAY too pricey to justify. I could overhaul/upgrade my "brewery" from top-to-bottom for less than what that toy costs.

[Kealia]

Besides, if I you had an app on your smartphone how many times a day would you look at it? You'd never get any work done just watching the temperature and gravity change. I think this would make me (more) neurotic.

[Beer-lord]

Who wants to work when you can check the temperature of your fermenting wort? C'mon man, get with the program!

[DaYooper]

Looks like more of a thing along the lines of a high end Blinchmann pot to show your friends "not that I am one to brag, but look what I have and you dont."

[duff]

It's neat but too expensive.

I have been looking at building a BrewPi setup if I get some money but that can be built for around $100 and a little bit more if you want it to look pretty. But the BrewPi does a lot more like control the temperatures. It also has more features being developed like the ability to control the mash and boil if you use an electric setup. But it doesn't have a hydrometer at the moment.

[FedoraDave]

I was having a somewhat similar conversation with SWMBO about this kind of thing. She asked me if I wanted to use spring water, or something besides tap water.

I told her that the general consensus is that if your tap water is good enough to drink, it's good enough to brew with. The only time I've modified my water was when I made the Pearly Pils. I wanted softer water, to get a little closer to the actual water quality used in genuine Pilsners, so I mixed two parts distilled water with one part tap water, and that's as technical as I'm going to get.

I also made the point that some homebrewers really enjoy the scientific/technical aspects of brewing. They approach it more like chemistry, because that's how their minds work, and that's one of the things that makes brewing fun for them. I approach it more like cooking, where I think which ingredients/adjuncts will work together, what style I'm going to make, and just go from there.

It's all good, sez I. And if you like the beer you made, you did it right.