Add a CO2 monitor to your brew house to remotely monitor fermentation bursts, CO2 leaks, temperature and humidity. In an effort to keep costs low, I decided to simply sell the firmware that you can upload to your own M5 StickC allowing you to DIY your own BrewBench CO2 Stick Plus for $58 that will connect to the BrewBench Monitor App. 1 x BrewBench Stick Plus Firmware — $5 After purchasing the app connect BrewBench CO2 Stick Plus Firmware you will get a download link to download the firmware. You will then use Arduino Studio to upload this to the M5 StickC Plus.

Add a thermowell to your fermenter to remotely monitor fermentation temp, ambient temperature and humidity. …

If you didn’t know, you can forward your data real-time to just about any service but there are a few built in like Brewfather and Brewer’s Friend. Here is an example using the custom forwarder to send data to Ubidots. Custom URL: https://things.ubidots.com/api/v1.6/devices/[SensorName] Replace [SensorName] with whatever you want to call it (no spaces). Custom X Header Name: X-Auth-Token Custom API Key: Copy the default token from your Ubidots account.

When you setup a notification say for a fermentation temperature dropping below 65 degrees Fahrenheit, BrewBench will send you an app notification. But you can also enter your email or a Slack webhook to broadcast that notification to other members on your brew team. Create the webhook, https://api.slack.com/messaging/webhooks, and choose a channel to send alerts to, Then paste that webhook into the notification for the sensor you want to receive notifications for.

You can now easily add temp monitoring to the InkBird ITC-1000F temp controller. There is a new Arduino ESP32 sketch that you can use from http://monitor.brewbench.co to connect your InkBird ITC-1000F temp controller to the BrewBench Monitor App with an ESP32.

Below are some basic instructions for connecting a ESP32 sensor to the BrewBench Monitor App. This example uses a Thermistor. First download the Basic ESP32 sketch under sketches.

Here is a quick tip to get data from your BrewBench sensor into Home Assistant. From the app, click on your sensor, then click on edit, find the IP address, then go to the URL in your browser to verify you can connect from the same network that your home assistant is on.

Are you looking to up your garden game? Now you can also connect a soil moisture sensor to an ESP32 and the BrewBench Monitor App to monitor your hop rhizomes. Setup your sketch on BrewBench Monitor