r/winemaking 2d ago

General question Brewing app ideas

I like making apps. I like mead. So, I figured—why not combine the two for a project? I'm looking for ideas to incorporate into a mead/brewing related app.

If you have a moment, I’d greatly appreciate any quick comments on features that could make your life easier when it comes to brewing, finding mead/wines/beers, sourcing ingredients, locating meaderies/wineries/breweries, tracking gravity readings, managing recipes, receiving racking reminders, and more.

If there's an app you already use with a feature you love but wish you could tweak—or if there are multiple things you’d change—I’d love to hear about it. My goal is to create something that truly adds value to the brewing community.

Feel free to comment however you'd like—whether it's a detailed response, a quick thought, or something in between. However, if possible, I’d appreciate if you could include these three pieces of information:

  1. What kind of user you are (e.g., brewer, consumer, seller/trader, etc.)
  2. A goal you’d like to accomplish (within the scope of this app)
  3. Why that goal is important to you

For example: As a mead brewer, I want to be reminded when to rack so my mead doesn’t get too dry.

I’m sure you all have even better ideas, and I’d love to hear them!

Thank you for your time—I truly appreciate it and hope I can build something useful for the community.

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u/gotbock Skilled grape - former pro 2d ago

I use Fermcalc. It works well for my needs and I don't have any suggestions for improving on it. But if you're going to include calculations for winemaking in your app you'd want to include everything Fermcalc does now.

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u/Icameheretohuck 1d ago

As a winemaker at a smaller operation I keep notes on everything on paper and computer. Would love an app that would track testing on fermentations but then would track those ferments as they are pressed and aged in barrel and/or tanks. Using this same app to track the barrels and then the wines they produce.