Oracle Tests Blockchain Technology with Local Brewery Alpha Acid | Eater SF

"Inside a microbrewery and taproom in an industrial park in Belmont — not far from Oracle’s massive headquarters in Redwood City — I saw small, internet-enabled sensors take the temperature of fermentation tanks filled with brewer Kyle Bozicevic’s beer; those readings are logged in the Oracle cloud along with data from the farm in Gilroy, the yeast lab, and the malthouse. Alpha Acid’s booth at Oracle’s Code One developer exchange (October 22–25) doubles as a demo of how Oracle’s blockchain applications can track transactions across the supply chain: from ingredient producers to the point of sale where drinkers scan a QR code. The setup supplies a marketing “cool” factor that helps tell the story of why this beer is special, and it also offers practical benefits — if a shipment gets too hot or raw materials have issues, the brewer can identify and recall only affected batches, potentially saving kegs and money — especially important given that Bozicevic says they’re using very, very expensive ingredients." - Caleb Pershan