CenturyStanding
Well-Known Member
Hey Everyone,
So, I'm currently living in a small apartment in the NYC area, which doesn't allow me much room to brew. Luckily, I have relatives who own a house 30 minutes away and let me use their basement for brewing/fermenting/etc. However, because I'm not there often, checking on the beer for gravity and temp can be a REAL pain in the ass and requires an hour of travel time.
So, I'm wondering if there is some way to install a digital continuous reading thermometer and hydrometer inside the fermentor, then run it to an old PC, which will calculate the results continuously. This way, I could connect to the PC remotely at any given time from a laptop or smartphone and see what's going on with my beer in real time.
Does anything like this exist? Has anyone done it before? What are your thoughts? Any glaring problems?
So, I'm currently living in a small apartment in the NYC area, which doesn't allow me much room to brew. Luckily, I have relatives who own a house 30 minutes away and let me use their basement for brewing/fermenting/etc. However, because I'm not there often, checking on the beer for gravity and temp can be a REAL pain in the ass and requires an hour of travel time.
So, I'm wondering if there is some way to install a digital continuous reading thermometer and hydrometer inside the fermentor, then run it to an old PC, which will calculate the results continuously. This way, I could connect to the PC remotely at any given time from a laptop or smartphone and see what's going on with my beer in real time.
Does anything like this exist? Has anyone done it before? What are your thoughts? Any glaring problems?