Recent content by Listende-elg

I agree - the Braumeister is waaay overpriced. The Nimbus is actually only around 1.000 USD, which is still a bit steep. My heater is almost exactly like the one used in the Nimbus kit - the heating element is a 2KW element hidden in the base of the kettle. It needs a bit of insulation to keep...

If you are satisfied with the grains from your barleycrusher, why don't you just motorize that? I use a 380W powerdrill with mine, and I could easily do 70 lbs in 20 minutes, i'm sure. Normally I crush around 10 lbs, but that only takes a minute or two. /Kasper

Ahh - why didn't I think of the Nimbus system myself? I'm actually from Denmark (i just live in Belgium) and equipment is 98% the same as the Nimbus 270. I've know about the existence these systems for a while, but just never thought about how they actually worked. The only thing i don't have is...

Hmm... You have a point about the "no sparge" mash - I don't know why I didn't think of that. Maybe I could do the actual mashing in another cotainer and use the electric kettle as the heat exchanger. That way the total amount of water in circulation would be much greater. My main concerns...

I live in an appartment in the city, so when brewing everything takes place in the kitchen. At the same time, I'm a bit of a tech freak, so I have decided to automate as much of the brewing process as possible - without creating a fixed rig (I need to be able to move everything from our basement...

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