Recent content by Hommel

I really appreciate it!

It took me a bit but I have now released Brewers Tool Belt 2.0 on the App Store. Just search for "Brewers Tool Belt". Since it is now free, I'm hoping to get more brewers to try out the app and provide feedback on how I can make it better. A bit about me: I'm an avid homebrewer and won gold...

sorry, i nerded out and wrote my own brewing software so no brewsmith profile.

I did my 2nd full brew (also did a couple water brews to test) and it went well. I moved to a usb keyboard and mouse and hdmi screen and that made a huge difference. i would still get a little sluggish everyone one and a while but i always had full control. some little nitpicks: - the pump...

brewpi is certainly great for recording temps. it even stores the data onbox and you can export it. i have used it for years for this and i can go back and look at any brew and see how i had it set and what the actual temperature readings where of both my beer and the chamber. no reason you...

i have done a few brews on my hosehead (newer 5bc) and it is working pretty well. my main issue is losing wireless connectivity to http://<hosehead ip address>:8080 and not being able to control anything till it decides to come back. it appears to be when i have connections open on multiple...

particles in the bottle of the kettle are normal but i don't get a lot. too much and it can settle on your element and scorch. the tighter the knit of your bag the less you will get but even with a tight knit bag i get a little bit. at the end of the boil it is just mixed in with the trub...

I was getting ~70% efficiency with the 100% mesh basket (variance with different grains) and both these brews I was 73%. i thought it might be a bit worse but i guess the wort recirculating actually might have helped a bit. i always do a 60 min mash now after reading the brulosophy test on...

since i can't help but try new stuff, i just bought the new hardsided basket to replace my full mesh basket in my 15G system. it has the new sparge setup with the 2 x tri-clamp attachment and the short return tube. i did a double brew of two lagers and started at 7am and finished at 5:30pm not...

<Hommel> I can run my pump wide open without issue but I'm using their standard basket. I can see how this would be an issue with solid walls. with the normal basket the liquid can run out the side and down preventing cavitation but with solid sides it would be a lot easier to cavitate and...

I've been an avid follower of the Brew Science section with the occasional contribution and it seems like my new Water tool would be of interest. I built a tool online a while back based on Kai Troester's (Braukaiser) work and D. Mark Riffe's analysis of that work and after working out most the...

With this new 1.3 release, I have added Water support in the Recipes tool which allows for pH and Ion calculations / adjustment as well as a User Profile so you can set your defaults to make using the tools that much faster. The Water section is built on the work done by Kai Troester...

the basket is nice since it keeps the bag clear of the element and it makes it easy to get in and out. with such small batches that probably isn't an issue. i've have use the bayou setup with good success. bayou setup is also fairly cheap and comes in lots of different sizes. others have...

I'm hard at work trying to keep the new features for Brewers Tool Belt rolling out. With this new 1.2 release, I have added an email feature which makes it easy to print your recipes or import them as BeerXML. Build a recipe while bored at work or laying by the pool and then load it into...

A big update for my IOS App - Brewers Tool Belt 1.1 (aka BTB) With this new release, I have added Recipes which allows for complete recipe formulation +Includes General Settings( like Style ), Mash, Boil, Fermentables, Hops, Yeast, Misc and Notes +Extensive Ingredient Databases +Clean...