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    Beer expert GPT

    I created a "beer expert" GPT for (fed it some info and gave basic instructions - nothing fancy). It can give advice on beer, beer history, home brewing, etc. You need ChatGPT Plus to access it, unfortunately, but here's a example of a conversation: Canadian Beer History Full tool : ChatGPT...
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    Old mini-fridge - punctured cooling line - Can I still used the compressor for something?

    Hey, I got a used mini-fridge for free that I wanted to convert to a kegerator. A GE model with the freezer at the top. Following a few threads I found online, I tried bending the freezer part (that had the cooling lines in it). I was doing slowly, but at some point, it happened: it started...
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    Homebrew Helper voice assistant now live on Google Assistant

    Hi again! I just made a small modification: it can now also be invoked with "Ask Homebrew Helper". For example, these should work right from Google Assistant: Ask Homebrew Helper (gets to the start of the agent) Ask Homebrew Helper about ingredients in a Munich Helles Ask Homebrew Helper...
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    Homebrew Helper voice assistant now live on Google Assistant

    Hi everyone! If you have a device with Google Assistant (a Google Home or an Android phone), you can now talk to the Homebrew Helper voice assistant! You can invoke the assistant by saying: "Ok Google, talk to Homebrew Helper" Because it deals to with alcohol, Google requires that the first...
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    Ideas for a brewday voice assistant?

    I made other improvements. You can get some info by style (coming from the BCJP). You can say/type the things like that: - Describe an schwarzbier - How many IBU in an american pale ale - What's the color range for a American Lager - Target OG for an American Barleywine - Can you give me...
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    Ideas for a brewday voice assistant?

    Hi again, I made a few improvements in the last few days: - you can identify an off-flavour directly (without having to first type "identify an off flavour" (e.g. you can type "why does my beer taste like vomit", and you get an answer) - I added simple measure conversions (volume, weight...
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    Ideas for a brewday voice assistant?

    I know this would be cool... That said, anything that requires recording something for a certain period (more than the conversation), or spitting back a report sent to a specific address, for example, makes it way more complicated. It involves more work on the privacy notice front as well...
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    Ideas for a brewday voice assistant?

    Hi again! I managed to get quite far in building a "conversational agent" (i.e. both a chatbot and a voice agent, powered by the same logic). Before I try to "publish" the voice agent to a Google Action (and maybe eventually to Alexa), I was able to put the equivalent chabot on a web page...
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    Ideas for a brewday voice assistant?

    I just thought of another one: off flavours. And it could be both ways: - get details of specific issue ("what does diacetyl taste like" - describe an off flavour in a few words, and get the likeliest match
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    Ideas for a brewday voice assistant?

    I can try to build the necessary "conversation" I'm DialogFlow (to be eventually ported to a Google Action and an Alexa skill), but I the JS needed to read the iBeacon and parse the data is over my head too... We'll see!
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    Ideas for a brewday voice assistant?

    But that's the thing: using a software like DialogFlow, you can build Google Actions and Alexa skills that handle specific conversations. The downside is that you need to download the skill (Alexa) or invoke the Action (Google). For example, you could say "Hey Google, talk to Brewday...
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    Ideas for a brewday voice assistant?

    Hi everyone, I started playing around building voice assistants (that can be invoked through Google Home or Alexa, for example). Just for fun, I may try to build an assistant you can summon with your voice (while brewing, or bottling, for example), to get some answer "hands-free". The first...
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    You know you're a home brewer when?

    You know you're a home brewer when you sell most of your brewing stuff (GrainFather, kegs, CO2 bottles, Tilts, Beergun, mill, everything) because you fell like you're drinking too much, and that you don't like spending 5-6 hours on the brewing process during the weekend)... And then you find...
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    Blog post: How to design a recipe

    Hey! I've been writing a homebrew blog in French for some time. I'm trying something new today: I translated my latest post in English: https://desgrainsauverre.com/2018/12/13/how-to-design-a-homebrew-recipe/ Let me know what you think! If there is some interest for the English post, I may go...
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    What does this recipe make? (Grandpa's mystery brew)

    I'm thinking it's missing an instruction line (on purpose, likely): "Run the wash twice through the ******, and discard the first ounce", or something like that.
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