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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday July 04 2017, @01:47AM   Printer-friendly
from the DIY-FTW dept.

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

A handy how-to for building a homemade homebrew setup with Linux, Python, and the Raspberry Pi.

I started brewing my own beer more than 10 years ago. Like most homebrewers, I started in my kitchen making extract-based brews. This required the least equipment and still resulted in really tasty beer. Eventually I stepped up to all-grain brewing using a big cooler for my mash tun. For several years I was brewing 5 gallons at a time, but brewing 10 gallons takes the same amount of time and effort (and only requires slightly larger equipment), so a few years ago I stepped it up. After moving up to 10 gallons, I stumbled across StrangeBrew Elsinore and realized what I really needed to do was convert my whole system to be all-electric, and run it with a Raspberry Pi.

Source: https://opensource.com/article/17/7/brewing-beer-python-and-raspberry-pi


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 04 2017, @02:22AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 04 2017, @02:22AM (#534645)

    A lot of homebrewing is gargantuan overhead; this project is simply cutting away the fat, so that you can spend more time figuring out what needs to be done to create your work of art.

  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by MostCynical on Tuesday July 04 2017, @03:16AM (4 children)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Tuesday July 04 2017, @03:16AM (#534659) Journal

    Many hobbies are as much about the journey as the destination.
    Homebrew has the advantage of being far cheaper than shop-bought beer, but this is almost irrelevant for most homebrewers; the fun is the measuring, monitoring, and fiddling - the "crafting". Adding this form of automation means the geek brewer has found an excuse to tie several hobbies together: brewing, raspi tinkering, programming, electronics, sensor and switch configuration, and more. Note, none of this replaces the need to monitor the process, as you have added multiple additional points of failure.

    If the object was just beer, the shop is easier.

    Indulging in (justifying?) several of your hobbies in one project is a self-fulfilling time sink (and you may get to drink beer, if it works!)

    --
    "I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
    • (Score: 3, Touché) by quixote on Tuesday July 04 2017, @03:23AM

      by quixote (4355) on Tuesday July 04 2017, @03:23AM (#534664)

      And if you happen to be a world-class taster, like one hobby brewmaster I know, you can make beer that rivals the best Oktoberfest brews in Germany.

      Thanks for this article. truly News You Can Use!

    • (Score: 2) by black6host on Tuesday July 04 2017, @03:47AM (2 children)

      by black6host (3827) on Tuesday July 04 2017, @03:47AM (#534675) Journal

      I'm sorry. I have to point out the incongruity of your post with respect to your user name :) Cheers!

      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday July 04 2017, @04:34AM (1 child)

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday July 04 2017, @04:34AM (#534681) Journal

        Yeah... naah. I reckon he was a bit too happy when he chose his nick; his intention might have been "MostCideral".
        Git tha' beer closah, will y...'ips?

        Cheers, mate.

          (btw, how's IPv4 CIDR, still exhausted?)

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        • (Score: 5, Funny) by MostCynical on Tuesday July 04 2017, @06:00AM

          by MostCynical (2589) on Tuesday July 04 2017, @06:00AM (#534696) Journal

          Alright, here's the rest: his first ten batches will be piss, owing to: sensor failures, switch failures, programming errors, wiring faults, or any of the traditional spoilers-of-beer, or a combination of these things.
          De-bugging will take between one and six months.
          In the mean time, he will go back to brewing with his old equipment, which will not have been cleaned quite well enough, and will therefore also produce undrinkable swill for several batches, until, in desperation, he cannibalises both systems in a frantic attempt to make one drinkable batch.

          Also, he will discover that several of his "friends" only liked him for his cheap beer, and they will have wandered off, and now hang out at a micro-brew bar, without him.
          But, still, good on him for trying.
          :-)

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          "I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex