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Is the brewery within wifi range?
Using a CC3000, and having it post the data by periodically connecting and firing off an HTTP request containing the data might make the computer side of it easier. Wouldn't do any favors for the battery life (WiFi draws a fair amount of current, though you can and should keep it turned off most of the time).
I'd rather write a PHP/etc script to extract the data from the request than figure out how to get an obscure piece of network hardware meant for comparatively primitive systems working on any desktop computer, let alone linux....
Since it's a stationary installation, you don't even need lipo batteries... 3 or 4 NiMH AA's would be fine (careful with input voltage to CC30oo), and would have the advantage of being cheap to replace, chargeable with normal battery chargers, and alkalines could be used in a pinch (the beer must flow!).Whether this would be cheaper, I don't know. Remember, since there's no mains, you'll need at least two sets of batteries to keep this running. And maybe a juicy cap across the batteries so it doesn't reset when you swap the batteries...