Smarter Fermentation.
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Your fermentation. Live. Visible. Actionable.

Go beyond gravity readings — turn every fermentation into insight. Smart Fermentation gives you full visibility into what’s happening in the tank, and the tools to act on it.

What is smarter fermentation?

Smart fermentation connects your Plaato Pro sensor to a powerful software platform that gives brewers live data, intelligent alerts, and fermentation insights — accessible from anywhere.

Whether you're managing ten tanks or fifty, it’s your fermentation assistant, built to help you brew better, more consistently.

90% fewer manual fermentation checks

Real-time sensors automate activity monitoring.

Up to 85% faster issue detection

Spot stalled fermentations before they impact yield.

Reduce fermentation deviations by 60%

Consistent data allows proactive decision-making and better batch control.

What You Get

  • PLAATO Pro density and temperature fermentation monitoring sensor

    Live Fermentation Curves
    Watch gravity, temperature, and pressure in real time — no waiting, no manual sampling.

  • Intelligent Alerts
    Get notified for key events: fermentation start, stall risk, crash target reached, and more.

  • Fermentation Analytics
    View fermentation duration, attenuation curves, peak activity, and batch performance comparisons.

  • Batch History & Trends
    Track fermentation performance over time, identify trends, and improve recipe consistency.

  • Enhances Insights & Cooling
    Automatically triggers cooling logic and feeds data into insights for traceability, and audits.

Why It Matters

  • Catch problems before they cost you batches

  • Get rid of manual gravity logs and inconsistent readings

  • Make better decisions with historical data

  • Automate alerts for cellar teams and brewers

Software-Driven Fermentation

  • Predict when to dry hop

  • Time your cold crash perfectly

  • Compare batch performance

  • Build a digital log of every fermentation you've run

How it works

  1. Install the Plaato Pro Sensor in your tank

  2. The sensor captures gravity, temperature & fermentation activity

  3. Data flows to the Plaato Cloud Dashboard

  4. You access real-time insights and alerts - anywhere

Built for professional breweries.
Designed for daily decision-making.

  • Head brewer at Beer Tree Brewing Co adding yeast into batch using PLAATO to monitor fermentation

    Cut costs

    “The inactive fermentation notifications have been a huge saving in money for yeast and time.”
    Beer Tree Brew Co: Matthew Pullen

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  • Production manager and head brewer at Fell Brewery brewing beer with PLAATO Pro in their fermentation tanks

    Increase efficiency

    “Tank residency time has been reduced by around one day per batch on average.”
    Fell Brewery: Tim Bloomer

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  • Cheboygan brewing looking happy in their brewery with PLAATO Pro

    Improve quality

    “Taking the right actions at the right time means we can guarantee quality and consistency.”
    Cheboygan brewing: Joshua Schiefer

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Smarter Fermentation Pricing

Starter
0 - 2,000hL

$99/mo

Growth
2,001 - 10,000 hL

Professional
10,001 - 50,000 hL

Enterprise
50,000+ hL

$Custom

Smarter Fermentation starts at $99/month per tank.
 Add a Plaato Pro sensor for $250 (or $20/mo over 12 months).
All packages include full access to the fermentation dashboard, alerts, history, and integrations.

$249/mo

$499/mo