Recent content by FreddyMar3

System looks great! Glad the basket worked out for you and solved those issues. Do you do full mash and boil? I do 30-45 minutes each for most beers with no negative effects. That's how I can get down to a 3hr brew day w cleanup.

Sorry for the delay. Whirlpool port is flush with the curvature of the of the kettle. It gets a good whirlpool but because it's pretty low the chilled wort will stratify on larger batches and I'll have to switch the valve to the accessory hose to mix up the wort. Does that make sense? It's not a...

That's an idea I haven't thought of. On some 15 gal batches, I've run off excess wort before the rinse sparge before to make room and then added it back in after the sparge and removing the grains.

Sorry for the delay. I use a fire tablet and the brewboss app. Whatever version I have is somewhat glitchy but not enough to cause problems. I program on the web app that guy on the brewboss thread made (I think it's "brewing in the burg") then port over to the tablet.

Just that the basket is a very close fit inside the kettle. Had arbor been off a bit it might be an issue but they were spot on. I haven't had any problems with it though. Some light scratches on inside of the kettle but I imagine this is unavoidable with steel on steel. I'm still loving the...

Anyone else have issues with the element housing rusting and cracking?

In lieu of a site glass, I use this for $3: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Kapro-36-in-Aluminum-Ruler-with-Conversion-Tables-with-English-Metric-Graduations-1-16-and-mm-306-36/203325515 I bent it so it hangs from my kettle lip and then measured out the gallons by inches.

1. I had the same issue but found an easy workaround. The way i have mine set up is with a 3 way TC valve going into the whirlpool. one setup allows the wort to return through the whirlpool and the other setup pushed the wort through a length of silicon tubing that is free on the other end. I...

I had my own fabricated... https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=573718

I did the same thing after reading the recent posts and had the exact same result. I did end up using a scrub pad to get them off. My guess is that there is a small air bubble that forms in that spot during pump operation and that the recirculation of hot wort through the pump causes it to cake...

+1 to taking it apart, and doing so more often than you'd think. I went too long and just took mine apart after 15 brews... it had caked up black crud (I recirc during boil) and a big chunk of hop stuck in it, despite recirculating with hot PBW mix and rinsing with water after every brew. All...

I "sparge" as well. takes a few extra minutes to pour some hot water over the top of the grain and buys me 1-5% in efficiency. sometimes i don't even keep it hot. pull it off before dough in and then dump it when draining. I'm also in the 30-45 min mash, 30-45 min boil camp, unless i'm doing...

I guess I could have sacrificed the capacity but I was shooting for max OG per size. Also, the custom filter cost $300 less than a cofi filter.

I have a 400 micron basket and wouldn't want to go any smaller. I had an air bubble form underneath on the first brew because the pump was not throttled enough. Anything smaller than that for grain isn't necessary imo