Making a Brewing Software

[tplato12]

Hello there fellow homebrewers, I am a current MIS major/ homebrewer and I thought making a beer app would be the best way to hone my skills.

I wanted to pick y'all's brains for some good ideas to include. Right now my app just stores critical data to a database and also uses it to calculate things like abv and ibu. I got inspired from the guy who fully automated his process where he can just upload his recipes from brewtarget to his programmable brew system. So eventually it would lead to a more automated setup, but as a college student this isn't feasible just yet.

But I digress. I was wondering if y'all have any ideas of things to include. Maybe things you wish software had, or things you don't see often, thanks!

 

[mredge73]

Suggest recipes based off of current inventory or limited inventory.
I have several buckets of grain, lbs of hops, and bags of dry yeast.
Sometimes I just walk into my garage/brewery and just want to make something.
I think I would brew more if I didn't have to do so much planning ahead of time.

 

[wolves63]

The biggest thing I would like to see is the customization aspects of iBrewmaster 2 (all fields are editable in each recipe but do not alter the main file) and the cloud compatablility of beersmith (super easy to make a recipe on computer, move it to the cloud, edit and tweek on the iPhone and iPad, or vice versa).