I am planning an All Grain HERMS electric home brewery build of up to 1/2BBL. I want to partially automate, control & log accurate statistics of my entire brewing process, all the way up to bottling / kegging.
The problem I am having is trying to find the best automation platform for the job, so I thought I'd turn to my local home brewing community for some information, reviews and general comments on the available platforms out there, but commercial & open source.
Some Platforms available
CraftBeerPi - Linux / RaspberryPi
BrewPi- Linux / RaspberryPi
Brucontrol - Windows / Arduino
Brewtroller
What I want to control (just to name a few)
- Kettle Temperatures & Volumes
- Control pumps & heating elements
- Monitor & control wort transfer temperatures
- Control process timing
- Control fermentation timing & temperatures
- Alarms & alerts, both while brewing & fermentation reminders (dry hopping etc)
Thanks in advance for any pointers, reviews, stories and advice you may have.
The problem I am having is trying to find the best automation platform for the job, so I thought I'd turn to my local home brewing community for some information, reviews and general comments on the available platforms out there, but commercial & open source.
Some Platforms available
CraftBeerPi - Linux / RaspberryPi
BrewPi- Linux / RaspberryPi
Brucontrol - Windows / Arduino
Brewtroller
What I want to control (just to name a few)
- Kettle Temperatures & Volumes
- Control pumps & heating elements
- Monitor & control wort transfer temperatures
- Control process timing
- Control fermentation timing & temperatures
- Alarms & alerts, both while brewing & fermentation reminders (dry hopping etc)
Thanks in advance for any pointers, reviews, stories and advice you may have.