Abstract: A monitoring device and a method for using the device include a device with connection components coupling a temperature sensor and a pressure sensor to a closed vessel (measuring the values within head space of the closed vessel) and fermenting liquid is stored in the closed vessel. The device includes a monitoring unit coupled to the connection components. This unit includes the temperature sensor and the pressure sensor, which are coupled to a programmable circuit board comprising a transmitter, where the programmable circuit board stores instructions for execution by a processing circuit of the programmable circuit board. The processing circuit obtains from the temperature sensor, via the connection components, the temperature value and from the pressure sensor, via the connection components, the pressure value. The processing circuit transmits, over a wireless communications connection, the temperature value and the pressure value to a receiver communicatively coupled to a computing resource.