Share My Creation JG eBrewery

Hi,

Here is my latest creation : a fully automated homebrew system

It's composed of :
- one 70 liters stainless steel kettle
- a 12V recirculating pump
- a 4500W electric heater, controled via a 40A Solid State Relay
- a temperature probe
- all this controled with a custom ESP8266 wifi board
- and a BA4 application

ESP8266 handles all the sensors and controls the PID temperature regulation
Android App does all the "glue" and GUI

- import of BeerXML recipees
- edit/modify recipees
- launch/pause/stop/reset/save current recipee
- control all the brewing process in real time


Steps control :

temperature regulation : (accuraty +-0.5°C)

And finally the very first brew done this afternoon (wait one month to taste it )

 

[tigrot]

For me only Guinness from now on!

 

[tigrot]

In italy: "ogni riferimento a personaggi viventi o vissuti è puramente casuale"

 

[Peter Simpson]

Very nice app and an excellent use of an ESP8266 for IoT.
Thanking about it, any app that helps you make great beer must be the best app in share your creations lol

 

[Jmu5667]

I want one !!!!!

 

[freedom2000]

I want one !!!!!

One beer or one eBrewery ?

 

[Jmu5667]

One beer or one eBrewery ?

the whole lot !

Look amazing, also glad to see you adhering to the water, electricity thing in your kitchen

 

[Jmu5667]

Could you commercialise it ?

 

[Toley]

Is it an open source project?

 

[freedom2000]

Well today i only have a working prototype. And it works really well.
The app could be freeware. The electronics is not that complex. I could sell it.
The tricky part is to drill holes into the kettle...
You need also to know how to solder copper pipes.



JP

 

[freedom2000]

the whole lot !

Look amazing, also glad to see you adhering to the water, electricity thing in your kitchen

You can't see it but the whole system is totally grounded and protected by a 30mA differential breaker.

 

[Jmu5667]

Well today i only have a working prototype. And it works really well.
The app could be freeware. The electronics is not that complex. I could sell it.
The tricky part is to drill holes into the kettle...
You need also to know how to solder copper pipes.



JP

Sell it as a kit ! I would buy one

 

[freedom2000]

Do you mean the electronics or the whole stuf ?

 

[Jmu5667]

Do you mean the electronics or the whole stuf ?

The Whole stuff, most guys want to brew their own beer, my dad used to make wine and ferment it in the 'Hot Press' where the clothes gets aired, and many a white shirt got covered in red wine and made mum furious. If you designed your kit to be 'Plug and Play' I think you would be surprised at the amount of interest in it.

Seriously, how many other eBrewerys are out there like your ?

'Beer for Thought'

 

[freedom2000]

I know quite a lot of "ebrewery" :

• The most "hobbyist one" is BrewBoss
• and a few others

They are all quite expensive, that's why I have decided to build my own.
From scratch it costed around 400€ (only raw material).

I don't know if there is such a big market ?

BTW, my dad used as well to make wine

 

[Jmu5667]

I know quite a lot of "ebrewery" :

• The most "hobbyist one" is BrewBoss
• and a few others

They are all quite expensive, that's why I have decided to build my own.
From scratch it costed around 400€ (only raw material).

I don't know if there is such a big market ?

BTW, my dad used as well to make wine

When dad was making red wine he used to put a tea spoon of ribenna into the bottle before corking it, turn out to a lovely smooth wine, did'nt last very long was it was quite drinkable

 

[freedom2000]

When dad was making red wine he used to put a tea spoon of ribenna into the bottle before corking it, turn out to a lovely smooth wine, did'nt last very long was it was quite drinkable

Have searched on internet for "ribena" : we can't find this in France but seems to have a good reputation for children's health !

 

[hookshy]

I am watching your all the time with all the stuff you make at home ...so much ideas and inovation starting from devices that for are mistery for most of us.
Thank you for sharing your work.
Wish to have the time to spend developing things that we love... do not need to sell your products ...the pleasure is creating the prototype.