THE EXCUSES: Yes it is quiet. However, that doesn’t mean that nothing it happening. Dean and I are still chugging away on things. “Where’s the promised peek at the calculators?”, you might ask. Well, those are really close now. Seriously. Problem is, we got side tracked in other areas of development, along with the fact that we’ve both been really busy doing other things.

I know, it’s a shame. I wish I had all the time in the world to work on BrewSession™, but as with all of us, I have other work to do that actually pays money. Add to the fact that I just moved, Dean is about to move, I’m taking a few courses at the local college (just for the hell of it) and that spells….”slow progress on BrewSession”.

That being said, it looks like I won’t be so swamped with work in the coming couple months and I’ll have more home improvement projects out of the way. Yeah, I’m just full of excuses. But at least I’m being optimistic.

THE EXCITING STUFF: I’ve been working on “Session” functionality as of late. We’re really excited about the Session screen because it will not only allow you to track and record all the events and measurements during your BrewSession™, but also track everything that happens to your fermented beverage — from brew day to serving the very last pint.

Yup. Track times, temps, gravities, and add notes and more for your mash, pitching the yeast, fermentation, transfers, bottling and kegging, storage, tapping and drinking those bottles. Hey, why not tasting notes too…and why not add notes with a date stamp to track flavor changes over time. In fact, every “event” you add will have a date/time stamp. We’re trying to build in enormous flexibility, so if you can think of it, it’ll be possible (though I’m sure someone’s bound to stump us). You can even set an event before it happens and have an email reminder sent to you on the day the event is set to take place — excellent for remembering to transfer.

You’ll also be able to get a summary of these “events”, in whole or in part. You choose. The ability to accurately track and record all these parameters will allow you to closely compare the same recipe made at different times, showing you which variables changed and allow you to make better guesses on causes for differences in characteristics of the resulting beers. You’ll also be able to quickly tell how long it took you to finish off 10 gallons of that Pale Ale…