Calculators! For BEER!

I like to play at programming.  I typically don’t do anything too complicated, but sometimes I do something useful.

I know there are a lot of homebrewing calculators out there, for mash temperatures, etc., but I thought I would sharpen by programming skills a little on something I love to do, so I made a few toys to play with.

First, I made a strike water and mash infusion calculator.  They are separate, of course, and they function on John Palmer’s math from How to Brew.  Then, I decided to make a BAC estimator (do not use to determine if you’re safe to drive.  Good rule of thumb – DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE).  It’s on the same page as the others because I was just throwing random calculators together that day.

Then, I got a bit more involved and decided to program a Draft Beer System evaluating tool.  There are two stages in this calculator.  The first is a pressure calculator for slow force carbonation (and maintaining the carbonation level).  The other is a beer line length calculator which tells you, at the temperature specified above and with that pressure, how much beer line you need to balance your system and prevent mass chaos when you pour. 

Give them a try and see if they work for you.  Please feel free to add feedback in the comments, as I’d like to tinker with them if there are any problems.  Then, bookmark the strike water and infusion calculator page so you can refer to it quickly when doing your mash math on the fly.