I was up late thinking about my dad. He loves beer. And he loves brewing beer. So as i was surfing the web, i came across a few opensource beer brewing apps that looked pretty interesting. One is a web based blogging tool specifically for sharing beer recipes and talking with your fellow brew masters. The other is a tool that works as more of a Shop floor brew calc tool.
Blogging is becoming increasingly popular. Like wise, so is brewing beer. Even carpet cleaners can brew a 30 pack with relative ease (thanks Jon). So how do you collaborate with fellow up and coming brew masters? Well with Brewblogger of course! New features quoted from site:
Screenshot of blog:
You can take a test drive here.
BrewCalc - Software for Homebrewers
Then for your day-to-day work we have BrewCalc. BrewCalc was written using QT-4 so it will run on Linux and Windows. It appears to be pretty feature rich and nicely laid out. It is recipe formulation tool, a brewing calculator and evaluation tool all in one. You can find a collection of screenshots here. I do not know if this tool exports to beerxml... That would be a nice feature to compliment BrewBlogger.
Screenshot, click to enlarge:
What tools do you use? Have you used either of these applications? Leave me some comments!
Blogging is becoming increasingly popular. Like wise, so is brewing beer. Even carpet cleaners can brew a 30 pack with relative ease (thanks Jon). So how do you collaborate with fellow up and coming brew masters? Well with Brewblogger of course! New features quoted from site:
BrewBlogger is a
easy to set up, easy to use, browser-based homebrew log. It is a
PHP/MySQL-based system that provides today's brewer not only a fast and
easy way to record their brewing activities, but also forum to share
their zymurgistic efforts and expertise with the homebrewing community
around the world.
BrewBlogger was developed by brewing and computer geek Geoff Humphrey for zkdigital.com - mainly at his own whim and evolving need.
Yeah, it's almost two months late, but I think it's well worth it. New and improved features include:
- BeerXML import functionality thanks to Oskar Stephens' nifty script.
- Improved BeerXML exporting function to be ultra-compliant with the standard.
- News/Announcement posting capability (administrator users only in Club Mode) for one-way communication with members.
- A newly built and re-engineered (from the ground up) brewing calendar.
- Augmented user profiles to include more personal data.
- Updated style database to 2008 BJCP Guidelines.
- Improved iconography throughout both public and administrative areas.
- A
"Print Contest Entry" function that emulates the official BJCP
sanctioned contest entry forms. No more writing everything out by hand.- A "Quick Edit" feature to allow users, once logged in, to edit a log or recipe when viewing it on the "public" side.
Screenshot of blog:
You can take a test drive here.
BrewCalc - Software for Homebrewers
Then for your day-to-day work we have BrewCalc. BrewCalc was written using QT-4 so it will run on Linux and Windows. It appears to be pretty feature rich and nicely laid out. It is recipe formulation tool, a brewing calculator and evaluation tool all in one. You can find a collection of screenshots here. I do not know if this tool exports to beerxml... That would be a nice feature to compliment BrewBlogger.
Screenshot, click to enlarge:
What tools do you use? Have you used either of these applications? Leave me some comments!
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