ALL GRAIN BEER

Version 1.3

Cleaned up the code. Tackled a bunch of bugs and minor items:

To do:

  • Login and edit and update
  • Add analytic events to calculator (to understand how people interact with it)
  • Mash calculations
  • Need to complete mash parameter math (strike temps, etc…)
  • “Dry hop” option instead of min.
  • Whirlpool time setting – for better IBU calculations

Bug reports:

  • Hop format not being recorded – Thank you Scott!
  • Gueuze/Lambic styles have a bug in the FG
  • Only whole gallons? No 5.50? Thanks Ben
  • Bug where entries w/ 0 are hidden
  • Lactose is wrong!
  • ABV can’t be more than 100% (https://www.allgrain.beer/recipes/3871/)

Feature requests:

  • Metric system for units / Allow different units (lbs vs. oz vs. kg) – Thank you Pete, Joe, Nick, etc…
  • Allow uses to set preferences: Hop type, units, etc…
  • Scale to XX gallons
  • Replace ingredient selects with an auto-complete combobox (example)
  • Brew notes
  • Mash calculations
  • Add a forum
  • Images
  • Dry yeast!
  • Total grain weight + Percentage of grist to the right of the SRM Box – thanks sumbrewindude
  • Lactose – since it’s not fermentable, the points shouldn’t be used when calculating the FG.
  • Check color calculation – seems a bit dark!
  • Indicator on sortable column headers.
  • Show percentages for grain too. Amounts are too batch size specific. (thanks Kal)
  • Allow grain and hops to be toggled on/off so that the results can be seen. Like the “include” checkbox in BeerToolsPro. (thanks Kal)
  • Fields too small on phone – While viewing my recipe on my android phone I was unable to read the fields I needed. Thanks Ben.
  • It would be nice to see an ‘other’ tab (for coffee, fruit…) – thanks Chris
  • Manually move the sliders of the ABV, OG, IBU etc.  – Thanks Kurt!
Recipes | Grain, Hops, Yeast, Water | AllGrain.Beer v1.3
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Version 1.2

Minor updates.

  • Moved to new domain: AllGrain.Beer!
  • Will keep www.AllGrainBeer.com around to redirect people.
  • Updated hosting to include Varnish cache. Things are now moving a lot faster!
  • Email notifications and analytics added (for admins to keep an eye on things)
  • Added embed support:
    • <script type=”text/javascript” src=”https://www.allgrain.beer/recipes/embed/914/”></script>
    • Or, simply https://www.allgrain.beer/recipes/914/ for WordPress with the AllGrain.Beer plugin
  • Make these notes visible to the world
  • Ditto with hops
  • Ditto with grain
  • Ditto with yeast
  • Ditto with water (though it’s ugly)

Bug reports:

  • Error on: https://www.allgrain.beer/recipes/
  • No margin on small screens (this page)
  • This page is even worse: https://www.allgrain.beer/about/

Feature requests:

  • Make ingredient pages not ugly
  • View recipes others are creating
  • Add a forum
  • Login and edit
  • Brew notes
  • Allow different units (lbs vs. oz vs. kg)
  • Need to complete mash parameter math (strike temps, etc…)
  • Allow the user to choose the formula (SRM, IBU, ABV, …)
  • Images
  • “Dry hop” option instead of min.
  • Whirlpool time setting – for better IBU calculations
  • On delete, purge data from recipes table!

Version 1.1

Launched at the HighEdWeb 2014 conference as a demo of what WP can do.

  • Recipes can now be saved!
  • Permalink created to share recipe with others
  • Added water profiles.

Bug reports:

Version 1.0 (alpha)

Much more stable now. Focus was on completing the JS for the calculator. Time was also spent on the layout to make it responsive.

Bug reports:

  • Only cone hop calculations (Tinseth) for now
  • HTML/TXT: style display and order.
  • Bug on slider animation in some browsers (Fontawesome + jQuery bug)

Feature requests:

  • Save
  • Login and edit
  • Share/embed
  • Brew notes
  • Allow different units (lbs vs. oz vs. kg)
  • Need to complete mash parameter math (strike temps, etc…)
  • Allow the user to choose the formula (SRM, IBU, ABV, …)
  • Images
  • “Dry hop” option instead of min.
  • Whirlpool time setting – for better IBU calculations

Version 0.1

This is an exciting moment. The recipe builder has been built from scratch. You throw grain, hops and yeast at the thing and it will predict the beer output: I want to thank the people who have done the research that makes a calculator like this possible:

Bug reports:

  • Only cone hop calculations (Tinseth) for now
  • Need to fix display bugs
  • Style not being recorded properly.
  • Calculate with only OG = NAN
  • HTML/TXT: style display and order.

Feature requests:

If you have a request, simply leave a comment and I will add it to the list:

  • Login, save and edit
  • Allow different units (lbs vs. oz vs. kg)
  • Need to complete mash parameter math (strike temps, etc…)
  • Allow the user to choose the formula (SRM, IBU, ABV, …)
  • Images
  • Share/embed
  • “Dry hop” option instead of min.
  • Whirlpool time setting – for better IBU calculations

All Grain Beer

Can we build better beer? That is the question.

I started homebrewing a few years ago. After a few extract batches the jump was made into “all grain” and I was hooked. With the right grain, hops, yeast and water all of my favorite beverages could be created – for a fraction of the cost.

However, proper recipes can be hard to track down and manage. Even worse, there is a lot of math to think about when formulating a brand new recipe.

So, the idea was born: a site where I could find, create and share all my recipes. Sure there are some similar sites out there – many of them with great features. However, none of them had all the features, or the simplicity that I was really looking for.

So, what’s the plan?

At the moment the site is nothing more then domain name and a half-finished brewing calculator.

The plan is to get moving on the project by taking some small, manageable steps:

  1. Build an online calculator system that works for me
  2. Make it work for my friends that brew (alpha testing)
  3. Invite everyone else to give it a spin (beta and beyond)