Data!

After several attempts a getting some good contiguous data I have succeeded in logging a fermentation...er sort of. The graph below shows the bubble rates (the number of bubbles through the bubble lock divided by minutes), the ambient temperature (few inches above the board) and the temperature of the outside of the barrel. Ok so the temperatures aren't all that exciting, the one exception is the temp of the brew bucket coming down as the wort cooled at the very beginning. The cool part are the rates of gas production that give a clear idea of when things are really cooking.

You might notice a spike the evening of the fourth. I realized after some thought that I had bottled the latest IPA that evening and had to move my fermenter to get to the carboy. I can only assume that the spike in gas production was caused by agitating the brew as I slid the barrel along the floor. Otherwise a rather nice curve with a bit of a left shift. Time to get back to building the pages to help archive the brews.

The pages...

So we have some sketchy looking forms / pages with some dodgey functionality. In the screenshot we can see where we can fetch a brew record from a drop down. This populates the brew info, journal, and ingredients. We can then add ingredients or journal entries from other forms that post back to the db. The cost / unit is calculated on the fly everything else is pulled out directly from the db. We can also add new recipes and start new brews with the buttons at the top. If anyone wants to chime in with suggestions on how to purty this one up let me know.