Know Your Process from Mash to Finished Beer
Brewing great beer isn’t only about ingredients. It’s about understanding what happens inside each batch. Small changes in pH, extract, or fermentation can influence efficiency, flavor, ABV (alcohol by volume), and stability. With EasyDens, SmartRef, pH2Go, and the Alcohol Meter, you get a measurement setup to track the entire brewing process. Check brewing water and mash pH, follow wort extract, monitor fermentation, and verify ABV in the finished beer before release. Instead of relying on visual checks or experience alone, you get measurable values that support better timing, more accurate adjustments, and consistent results across every brew.
Smart Control Across the Brewing Process
Control mash pH with pH2Go
Track wort extract & follow fermentation process with EasyDens or SmartRef
Verify final quality with the Alcohol Meter
Mash pH Control
Brewing beer begins with mashing, where malt and brewing water are combined under controlled temperatures, allowing enzymes to convert starch into fermentable sugars. Because mash enzymes are highly sensitive to pH, pH2Go is the right tool at this stage. It helps you quickly check brewing water and mash so you can keep pH in the right range for efficient conversion, reliable extract yield, and balanced flavor development – before small changes turn into bigger issues later in the process.
Wort Extract Monitoring
The next focus is wort extract, as it shows how much extract has been dissolved into the wort and helps brewers check whether they are reaching their target values. With EasyDens and SmartRef, brewers can monitor extract development, check wort concentration, and measure pre-boil, post-boil, and original gravity in Plato and specific gravity. This gives fast, reliable insight into extract development across the brewhouse process.
Fermentation Tracking
During fermentation, original gravity sets the starting point, while regular gravity measurements show how sugars are being converted and how the beer is developing. With EasyDens and SmartRef, you can track ABV, attenuation, and fermentation progress, recognize deviations early, and determine when final gravity has been reached.
Final Beer Quality Control
Before packaging or release, final ABV is one of the most important values to confirm. The Alcohol Meter, combining EasyDens and SmartRef, provides direct beer analysis for fermenting or finished beer and determines ABV together with additional brewing parameters such as original gravity and real extract. That means a faster, more practical way to verify final beer quality, validate your recipes with real data, and keep your results consistent from batch to batch.
The Right Measurement Tool for Every Brewing Step
pH2Go: Digital pH Meter
- Select the brewing stage and see if your pH is on target, with next-step guidance
- Rugged glass-free design
- Track pH trends directly in the app
- Just 0.5 mL per sample
SmartRef: Digital Refractometer
- Track wort extract and fermentation progress
- Get wort- and alcohol-corrected results
- Adapt correction factors to your brewing process
- Just 0.4 mL per sample
EasyDens: Digital Density Meter
- Track wort extract and fermentation progress
- No correction needed
- Estimate ABV and attenuation from original and final gravity
- Just 2 mL per sample
Alcohol Meter: EasyDens & SmartRef Combo
- Measure ABV directly in finished beer
- Suitable for light, standard, and strong beer
- Provides real extract and original gravity
- Supports final beer verification and quality control
Brew Meister: Keep Every Brew Organized in One App
The Brew Meister app brings pH checks, wort measurements, fermentation tracking, and final ABV results together in one digital brewing workflow. From the first mash reading to the final beer analysis, you can save your results in batches, follow progress in clear visual graphs, and keep key values such as Plato, specific gravity, ABV, attenuation, and temperature easy to access.
Automatic calculations help reduce manual work and make brew-day decisions faster. EasyDens and SmartRef results are automatically temperature-corrected, while the app applies wort and alcohol correction for SmartRef to deliver more reliable refractometer readings during brewing and fermentation. The app also includes practical brewing tools such as beer color conversion, plus additional calculators and converters for routine process work.
Brew Meister also supports device adjustment directly in the app, helping keep instruments ready for reliable measurements. Data can be saved, visualized, exported, and synchronized across iOS, Android, and web workflows. With support for EasyDens, SmartRef, pH2Go, and connected brewing devices such as Tilt Hydrometer, RAPT Pill, and iSpindel, Brew Meister brings key brewing data together into one place. You can manage all your measurements, monitor fermentation, and compare results from batch to batch with ease.
Supported Brewing Measurement Units
SmartRef Measurement Units for Beer:
- Brix (°Bx)
- Plato (°P)
- Wort Specific Gravity (SG 20/20)
- Temperature (°C/°F)
pH2Go Measurement Units for Wine:
- pH value
- Temperature (°C/°F)
EasyDens Measurement Units for Beer:
- Balling (°B)
- Brix (°Bx)
- Plato (°P)
- Specific Gravity (SG 20/20) (SG 15/15) (SG 20/4)
- Temperature (°C/°F)
- Est. Alcohol by volume (%v/v)
- Est. Attenuation (%)
- Est. Energy (kcal/100 mL) (kJ/100 mL)
Alcohol Meter Measurement Units for Beer:
Standard Beer:
- Alcohol by volume (%v/v)
- Alcohol by weight (%w/w)
- Est. Attenuation (%)
- Real Extract (%w/w)
- Original Gravity (%w/w)
- Energy (kcal/100 mL) (kJ/100 mL)
Strong Beer:
- Alcohol by volume (%v/v)
- Alcohol by weight (%w/w)
- Est. Attenuation (%)
- Real Extract (%w/w)
- Original Gravity (%w/w)
- Energy (kcal/100 mL) (kJ/100 mL)
Light Beer:
- Alcohol by volume (%v/v)
FAQs
Why does pH matter in brewing?
pH influences enzyme activity in the mash, yeast performance during fermentation, flavor balance, and overall process stability. Regular pH checks help you understand how water, malt, and recipe changes affect the batch and allow corrections before problems become noticeable in the final beer.
Can I use SmartRef during beer fermentation?
Yes. SmartRef can be used during fermentation when the reading is corrected for alcohol influence in the Brew Meister app. This helps you follow fermentation progress, attenuation, and estimated ABV more reliably than with an uncorrected refractometer value.
Can I measure original gravity and final gravity of beer with EasyDens?
Yes. With EasyDens, you can measure wort before fermentation to determine original gravity and continue measuring during fermentation until final gravity is reached.
Can I estimate ABV before the beer is finished?
Yes. EasyDens and SmartRef can estimate ABV based on original and current or final gravity. For direct ABV verification in fermenting or finished beer, use the Alcohol Meter.
When should I use the Alcohol Meter?
Use it when alcohol is already present and when you need direct results for fermenting or finished beer, especially for final verification, recipe validation, or label-relevant checks.
What's the difference between SmartRef and EasyDens?
SmartRef is a digital refractometer. It measures refractive index from just a few drops of sample, with automatic wort and alcohol correction in the Brew Meister app.
EasyDens is a digital density meter. It measures density directly, with no correction needed, for maximum accuracy on original gravity, final gravity, estimated attenuation, and ABV.
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