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I'm really at a loss as to the why distilling needs anything requiring OSS. It's worse than my washer/dryer/dishwasher wanting/requiring WiFi access. You put your mash in a vat to ferment. You bring that mash to boil in the still. You collect the output.

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Humans do a lot of things that don't make much sense. Including the act of making and consuming liquor. We do it because we enjoy it.

iSpindel is cheaper than a manual hydrometer and it's automatic (and thus safer for the cultures). If you don't want to track/collect data about the fermentation or whatever, then don't, but many find it practical and pleasurable.

https://opensourcedistilling.com/ispindel/

Are you sure it's cheaper than a glass hydrometer, you can get one for around £3

I misspoke, the right comparison was between it and a commercial automatic hydrometer. Thank you for the sanity check.

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