I ferment in a bucket with air lock and inside an insulated cooler that I add ice bottles as needed to maintain a temp around 19 C for my beer. For sugar wash, I just let it ride at about 23 C. I tried adding 10 g of calcium carbonate in place of oyster shells for a 6 liter wash and the pH stayed around 4 for the whole ferment and completed to 12% ABV in 10 days. This was with DADY yeast, fermax nutient and it came out very neutral and clean. In any case, the cooler keeps the bugs out and my wife happy as you can't smell the fermentation as much.
Nice, where did you pick up the calcium carbonate? My iSpindel are getting close enough to completion for me to do some more fermentation experiments. Sugar washes seem to ferment slower than beer and I've heard adding a little dry malt extract can expedite fermentation but I wonder if it will affect the flavor of the vodka. Can't wait to dive into more pH control and nutrient experiments. Cheers, Joey Joe Joe Jr.
@@OpenSourceDistilling No problems, it just sits on the bottom of the fermenter and dissolves in as required as the yeast attempt to drop the pH. Being powdered, I think it dissolves in a little easier than the shells might. This was my second ever sugar wash and it came out very clean and neutral. I changed too many variables from the first wash to know which change was most important, although I suspect it is the yeast and using pH control.
Is there a way to get Ubidots to calculate and display %ABV? I know I can estimate initially and have a rough idea of where I'm going to end up but I still like to watch the numbers.
I’ve gone through all the tutorials I can find, still can’t see where to change the gravity from Plato to SG. Everything else is working great but I just can’t wrap my head around the Plato readings. Any help?
My iSpindel's data only reaches UbiDots just around every hour (sometimes a bit longer, sometimes shorter), while the update frequency is 5 mins. And thats while it's still sitting on my desk well within reach of wifi. Any experience with this?
No I haven't. For 5 minutes you have your interval at 300 right? When it's in configuration mode what's the signal strength? You can use an phone app like "Wifi Analyzer" to see all the wifi networks and strength. I believe the iSpindel wakes up from deep sleep, tries to send data, and goes back to sleep. If the connection is bad somehow, the data won't get sent. All other wifi devices are working okay on the network?
I was looking at grafana a while back. Does the free version have many limitations? Do you install it locally and then just connect data sources to it for reporting/graphing? Thanks for watching!
@@OpenSourceDistilling In a DIY scene you wont need any enterprise Grafana features and yes, I'm running local. In terms of integration with ispindel I noticed it supported both influxdb and mqtt. Given I run Hassio I would probably point the ispindel to my mosquito broker integrated with Hassio. Hassio then pushes out sensor values to influxdb which I can report on using Grafana. A more efficient flow would probably be to push direct to influxdb and Hassio could pull the latest values from there. All open source. Love it.
If you use the stem/free ubidots account, you're only limited to 3 dashboards. Is there a reason they are separate dashboards? Can you just do multiple variables?
Yes you can, but be aware there is a limit of 10 widgets per dashboard. So you can get up to 30 widgets over 3 dashboards in total. If you only have 3 devices that should be plenty.
When the fruit flies get really bad around my 55 gallon fermenter, I use a 20v dewalt portable shop vac and suck em up. Another way is to leave out a pint Fores jar with a plastic bag over the top and rim screwed down. Poke 3 dozen holes in the plastic with a fork. The flies go in and drown in the fores. Dump it after the next weeks run and repeat. Cheers!
Nice. I do something similar but with some sugar water and bread yeast in a jar with plastic film. The fermentation draws them through the holes and they don't escape. I think you can use a bit of beer, fores, probably many other things. Thanks for sharing and watching to the end!
Yes, it's all in the formula you use when calibrating in sugar water or during a fermentation. I will eventually release a video on the final calibration as well. Thanks for watching!
If only using one ispindle can you get away with using the educational/ personal account on ubidots? Also can this be done on a phone or does it have to be on a PC/ Laptop?
Hello there! Thank you for your vid! I received my ispindel, but can't manage to get it to work... when you validate your information on the ispindel's configuration page for Ubidots.. how long do you wait for ubidots to recognize/create it? I configured it 2 hours ago, and still no information on ubidots size. And I'm pretty sure my conf and token is correct...
I've set up a Ubidots account and told it to refresh every 20s to get it to connect and half an hour later there's still no device in my device list? I'm stuck too here, did you get any further forward, if so what did you do to fix it? Ta
@@alexm137 I removed a diode to stop it overcharging the batteries if I plugged the wemos back in, I will see if that's prevented me from doing that but will try thanks. I have 6.2.0. ta
Hi Nyalath, sorry about the late reply. When you start/restart the iSpindel it should connect and upload data pretty much right away (for me like 5 seconds). Are you able to provide a serial monitor output? czcams.com/video/JEpFAAuBUxI/video.html Post the output in a reply.
@@OpenSourceDistilling Hi! No prod for the delay! I have resolved the issue by downgrading the firmware. So now, everything is ok for now, with 6.0.4 !
Nice video, exactly what I was looking for! Cant wait to be getting my first iSpindel to try this. :) Is it also possible to publish the dashboard so that others can see it without logging in?
Just for anyone reading this in the future: you can! Click the 3 stripe menu on the left in your dashboard and then generate a public link. Thanks for making this video, @Open Source Distilling !
Dont waste your money or considerable time trolling through GitHub forums etc trying to get this junk to work if there is a slight deviance of the setup. I dont have a PC connected to WIFI, everything is hardwired. Connecting Ispindle to your actual router is a mammoth pain in the ass and totally unreliable. And as for the phone, fuck me how easy is this shit to have into.
Just got my shipment of 5 - Jeffrey 2.1 PCBs and the are beautiful! Thank you for your work and dedication on them
Glad you like them! Enjoy and let me know how the builds go.
I ferment in a bucket with air lock and inside an insulated cooler that I add ice bottles as needed to maintain a temp around 19 C for my beer. For sugar wash, I just let it ride at about 23 C. I tried adding 10 g of calcium carbonate in place of oyster shells for a 6 liter wash and the pH stayed around 4 for the whole ferment and completed to 12% ABV in 10 days. This was with DADY yeast, fermax nutient and it came out very neutral and clean. In any case, the cooler keeps the bugs out and my wife happy as you can't smell the fermentation as much.
Nice, where did you pick up the calcium carbonate?
My iSpindel are getting close enough to completion for me to do some more fermentation experiments. Sugar washes seem to ferment slower than beer and I've heard adding a little dry malt extract can expedite fermentation but I wonder if it will affect the flavor of the vodka. Can't wait to dive into more pH control and nutrient experiments.
Cheers,
Joey Joe Joe Jr.
@@OpenSourceDistilling I bought a pound at morebeer, pretty cheap and is food grade. www.morebeer.com/products/chalk-calcium-carbonate.html
I see it's powdered. I assume it doesn't fully dissolve. Have you run into any issues with that?
@@OpenSourceDistilling No problems, it just sits on the bottom of the fermenter and dissolves in as required as the yeast attempt to drop the pH. Being powdered, I think it dissolves in a little easier than the shells might. This was my second ever sugar wash and it came out very clean and neutral. I changed too many variables from the first wash to know which change was most important, although I suspect it is the yeast and using pH control.
🤣 still waiting on my ispindel! Great job good to see you’re back! 👍
Thanks! 😁
Is there a way to get Ubidots to calculate and display %ABV? I know I can estimate initially and have a rough idea of where I'm going to end up but I still like to watch the numbers.
I’ve gone through all the tutorials I can find, still can’t see where to change the gravity from Plato to SG. Everything else is working great but I just can’t wrap my head around the Plato readings. Any help?
My iSpindel's data only reaches UbiDots just around every hour (sometimes a bit longer, sometimes shorter), while the update frequency is 5 mins. And thats while it's still sitting on my desk well within reach of wifi. Any experience with this?
No I haven't. For 5 minutes you have your interval at 300 right? When it's in configuration mode what's the signal strength? You can use an phone app like "Wifi Analyzer" to see all the wifi networks and strength. I believe the iSpindel wakes up from deep sleep, tries to send data, and goes back to sleep. If the connection is bad somehow, the data won't get sent.
All other wifi devices are working okay on the network?
Thankyou. Subscribed. Its always good to see what cloud options are out there. I think for the time being I'll stick with influxdb and grafana.
I was looking at grafana a while back. Does the free version have many limitations? Do you install it locally and then just connect data sources to it for reporting/graphing? Thanks for watching!
@@OpenSourceDistilling In a DIY scene you wont need any enterprise Grafana features and yes, I'm running local. In terms of integration with ispindel I noticed it supported both influxdb and mqtt. Given I run Hassio I would probably point the ispindel to my mosquito broker integrated with Hassio. Hassio then pushes out sensor values to influxdb which I can report on using Grafana. A more efficient flow would probably be to push direct to influxdb and Hassio could pull the latest values from there. All open source. Love it.
Ubidiots is only allowing me 3 widgets for 1 iSpindel. Am I missing something or have they changed the free option?
There is a limit of 3 devices, I'm not aware of a 3 widget limit on a dashboard. Let me know if you figure it out.
Hey can you change the decimal place once its in the beer. I'm getting a very course graph with only 2 decimals
Check out the blog post to see how to fix this. www.opensourcedistilling.com/ubidots-ispindel/
If you use the stem/free ubidots account, you're only limited to 3 dashboards. Is there a reason they are separate dashboards? Can you just do multiple variables?
Yes you can, but be aware there is a limit of 10 widgets per dashboard. So you can get up to 30 widgets over 3 dashboards in total. If you only have 3 devices that should be plenty.
When the fruit flies get really bad around my 55 gallon fermenter, I use a 20v dewalt portable shop vac and suck em up.
Another way is to leave out a pint Fores jar with a plastic bag over the top and rim screwed down. Poke 3 dozen holes in the plastic with a fork. The flies go in and drown in the fores. Dump it after the next weeks run and repeat.
Cheers!
Nice. I do something similar but with some sugar water and bread yeast in a jar with plastic film. The fermentation draws them through the holes and they don't escape. I think you can use a bit of beer, fores, probably many other things. Thanks for sharing and watching to the end!
Is there a way to get it to give a SG readout instead of plato?
Yes, it's all in the formula you use when calibrating in sugar water or during a fermentation. I will eventually release a video on the final calibration as well. Thanks for watching!
Here I have been pulling my damn board out of the pelting instead of grounding out the rest pins!
It's easier and better to use the pins and not disturbed the electronics after assembly :)
To hard for me to follow I have 2 iSpindle and just can’t figure out how to set this up
I think the newer versions of ispindel are unsupported. Use 6.6.0
If only using one ispindle can you get away with using the educational/ personal account on ubidots? Also can this be done on a phone or does it have to be on a PC/ Laptop?
Yes, you can use the free version of Ubidots. I haven't tried on a phone but I'm sure that it would work.
Shout out to Instagram user helceser on winning The Jeffrey 2.1 PCB. I will message you to get your mailing address.
Good
Hello there! Thank you for your vid! I received my ispindel, but can't manage to get it to work... when you validate your information on the ispindel's configuration page for Ubidots.. how long do you wait for ubidots to recognize/create it? I configured it 2 hours ago, and still no information on ubidots size. And I'm pretty sure my conf and token is correct...
I've set up a Ubidots account and told it to refresh every 20s to get it to connect and half an hour later there's still no device in my device list? I'm stuck too here, did you get any further forward, if so what did you do to fix it? Ta
@@stuartdavison289 Hi Stuart! Found the solution by downgrading the firmware to an old version. I installed the 6.0.4 and everything went fine!
@@alexm137 I removed a diode to stop it overcharging the batteries if I plugged the wemos back in, I will see if that's prevented me from doing that but will try thanks. I have 6.2.0. ta
Hi Nyalath, sorry about the late reply. When you start/restart the iSpindel it should connect and upload data pretty much right away (for me like 5 seconds). Are you able to provide a serial monitor output?
czcams.com/video/JEpFAAuBUxI/video.html
Post the output in a reply.
@@OpenSourceDistilling Hi! No prod for the delay! I have resolved the issue by downgrading the firmware. So now, everything is ok for now, with 6.0.4 !
Nice video, exactly what I was looking for! Cant wait to be getting my first iSpindel to try this. :) Is it also possible to publish the dashboard so that others can see it without logging in?
Just for anyone reading this in the future: you can! Click the 3 stripe menu on the left in your dashboard and then generate a public link. Thanks for making this video, @Open Source Distilling !
That's cool can share your dashboard. See what your friends are brewing! Thanks for sharing.
2,56 paste ?????
Dont waste your money or considerable time trolling through GitHub forums etc trying to get this junk to work if there is a slight deviance of the setup. I dont have a PC connected to WIFI, everything is hardwired. Connecting Ispindle to your actual router is a mammoth pain in the ass and totally unreliable. And as for the phone, fuck me how easy is this shit to have into.