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The first brewing platform that models real-time Hop Freshness (HSI) decay, features a tactile "Scan & Brew" Pilot, and connects your phone to your computer over local Wi-Fi with zero cloud fees.
Say goodbye to bloated 1990s desktop windows and clunky mobile websites. FreshHops combines scientific brewing math with modern garage ergonomics.
Designed for hot steam, garage lighting, and easy mobile operation. Oversized 64px touch targets, synthesized audio cues, cascading boil addition timers, and live pre-boil gravity diagnostics.
Hops lose 20–60% of their alpha acids as they sit in storage. FreshHops uses the ASBC exponential decay formula based on harvest date, packaging barrier, and freezer temperature to calculate true effective IBU.
Stream real-time gravity and temperature curves directly from your iSpindel, Tilt Hydrometer, or RAPT Pill directly over your local Wi-Fi with zero intermediate scripts.
Precision water profile matcher and mash pH predictor. Match Pilsen, Burton, or modern Juicy NEIPA profiles, and automatically calculate salt (Gypsum, CaCl₂) and acid additions in seconds.
Enter your pre-boil kettle volume and refractometer reading. If you undershoot or overshoot, FreshHops instantly calculates exact boil extension minutes or DME top-ups to save your batch.
Turn any tablet or TV into a digital taplist for your kegerator or bar. Displays real-time estimated volume remaining, exact SRM beer colors, ABV, IBU, and tasting notes.
No signups. No paywalls. Seven standalone, 100% offline calculators built with ASBC, Terrill, and Hall physics models. Designed for touchscreens, mobile phones, and quick lookups on brew day.
Calculate exact alpha acid loss and IBU degradation based on storage age, temperature, variety HSI, and packaging oxygen barriers.
Dial in your hot liquor dough-in temperature in °F and °C. Corrects for grain temperature, liquor-to-grist ratio, and vessel thermal mass loss.
Calculate ABV, ABW, apparent & real attenuation, and 12 oz calories from OG and FG. Native input support for Specific Gravity (SG), °Plato, and °Brix.
Correct for alcohol optical refraction distortion during fermentation. Native input support for °Brix, °Plato, and Specific Gravity (SG).
Target NEIPA, West Coast IPA, or Pilsner mineral profiles. Predicts required Gypsum, CaCl₂, Epsom salt additions, and 88% lactic acid mL.
Draft kegging regulator PSI, 3/16" beer line flow resistance length, and bottle priming sugar weights (dextrose, sucrose, DME, honey).
Predict finished OG before boiling begins. Automatically calculates DME additions or boil extension minutes to hit target gravity.
No App Store downloads. No forgotten passwords. No cloud subscriptions required to brew beer in your garage.
Open FreshHops on your PC, Mac, or garage Raspberry Pi. It runs a local embedded hub and auto-detects your local Wi-Fi IP address.
Point your iPhone or Android camera at your computer screen. One tap connects your phone directly to your computer with zero external internet needed.
Tap additions and pause timers on your phone at the kettle. Your computer across the garage updates in sub-10ms over your local home network.
See how FreshHops stacks up against 1990s desktop software and cloud-locked subscription apps.
| Feature / Capability | FreshHops.io | BeerSmith 3 | Brewfather |
|---|---|---|---|
| User Interface & Design | Tactile, Modern & Dark Mode | 1990s Desktop Windows UI | Modern Web (Dense text) |
| Hop Storage Index (HSI) Auto-Decay | ✅ Live Exponential Decay | ❌ Manual Calculator Only | ❌ None (Static AA%) |
| "Scan & Brew" Mobile Pilot | ✅ Oversized 64px HUD + Voice | ❌ Barebones Mobile App | ⚠️ Clunky on Mobile Screen |
| Local LAN Phone Pairing (Scan-to-Brew) | ✅ Yes (Zero App Store Required) | ❌ None | ❌ Cloud Server Required |
| Direct iSpindel Telemetry Ingestion | ✅ Direct HTTP & MQTT | ❌ Third-party Bridge | ✅ HTTP Webhook |
| Pre-Boil Gravity Diagnostic Engine | ✅ Auto DME & Boil Fix | ❌ Static calculation only | ⚠️ Basic efficiency only |
| 100% Offline Garage Resilience | ✅ Local SQLite & IndexedDB | ✅ Desktop Only | ⚠️ Partial Cache |
| Digital Taplist & Kegerator Display | ✅ Built-In Full-Screen Kiosk Mode | ❌ None | ⚠️ Basic batch list only |
FreshHops runs 100% locally on your own computer. Zero subscriptions, zero user tracking, and no cloud accounts required. Your recipes, inventory, and brewing data never leave your local hardware.
The full suite of precision brewing tools, completely free and private.
🍺 Community-Backed & Independent: FreshHops is created by homebrewers, for homebrewers. An optional Supporter tier focused on nice-to-have extras (such as wall-mounted kegerator taplist displays) will be introduced in the future for those who want to help back independent development.
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