Raspberry Pi Homebrew controller with Node Red UI

RE: Raspberry Pi Homebrew controller with Node Red UI

genebren — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 19:15:52 GMT

Keith,

Well done! Years ago I received one of those simple brew kits that you mentionede (canned malt extract) as a gift. I did a couple of batches of beer that turned out fairly good. One batch was brewed during the winter months and the temperatures were running up and down in the vat. My first impulse was to do something like you have done, and attempt to control the temperature. In the end, I decided that the small batch beers with limited customization were not that much fun and I gave up on the kit. A few years ago my wife bought a small kit for wine making, but the squirrels, birds and foxes teamed up and ate all of her grapes. We have thought about repurposing the kit to brew some beers. I will have to start thinking more about that after reading your blog.

Good luck on the brew!

Gene

RE: Raspberry Pi Homebrew controller with Node Red UI

jomoenginer — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 17:53:31 GMT

Very nice implementation of MQTT and Node-RED.

I was a bit curious if the "Rode Red" in the title was intentional or not though.

Well done!

RE: Raspberry Pi Homebrew controller with Node Red UI

dubbie — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 09:00:25 GMT

This looks fun. My wife and I tried wine making when we were younger (much younger) and frankly all you could say about it was that you could drink it if you tried hard. A friend also made some cider once and it was the most filthy disgusting liquid on the face of the earth. Strangely, after 'aging' for a year as he didn't have the heart to throw it away, it turned out really nice.

Dubbie

RE: Raspberry Pi Homebrew controller with Node Red UI

DAB — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 20:33:17 GMT

Nice update.

How closely are you monitoring the temperature. + or - one degree?

DAB