Recent content by roomfullofmirrors

These Beersmith 2 profiles may be a place to start for brewers using the software. I got them to a point where I was happy enough with them, but they are far from perfect. They are built from the profile of a brewer named Snow on the Beersmith forum.

Here's mine so far ...I'm sure there's plenty of tweakin' yet to be done. BM50L Batch Size: 50.00 l Mash Volume: 60.00 l Boil Volume: 54.00 l Mash Tun Weight: 24.00 kg Evaporation Rate: 6.5 % Mash Tun Specific Heat: 0.20 cal/g-deg C Boil Time: 90 Mash Tun Deadspace: 0.50 l...

DeGarre, just set your boil temp to 102 for the boil phase ... Section 4.5 and 4.6 in the manual. Just press the up arrow twice before starting the boil.

Mako, have you checked your leads and cables are all secure? Particularly from controller to pump. Looks like the computer is working okay ...just not getting signals to your pump. Did you prime (or "ventilate") the pump before running the schedule? ...just thinking out loud really. I hope...

I stand my BM50L on top of a sanke keg that I cover with a circular piece of marine grade ply. Perfect height for lifting malt pipe (I use a small step-stool to stand on) and good height for positioning carboys, kegs etc under tap. I also like that I can move around the BM freely and access it...

The "active ingredient" is sodium percarbonate which you can source in bulk. Quick google gave me http://www.chemistrystore.com/search.cgi?keywords=sodium+percarbonate&Click+to+Search.x=20&Click+to+Search.y=11 ...for example. It's good stuff for soaking gear in... breaks downs solids and has...

Rinse out for obvious particles and then ...sodium percarbonate (diaper sanitiser) soak and hose off with pressure nozzle. Any stubborn residue might get a brush off, but generally a warm napisan soak lifts everything. The other day I set the temp at 60 Celsius and ran the pumps for...

Sensational Dave!!! :rockin:

Here's my Beersmith equipment profile for my 50L, so far... Equipment Profile: BM50L Batch Size: 50.00 l Mash Tun Volume: 60.00 l Mash Tun Weight: 24.00 kg Mash Tun Specific Heat: 0.20 Lauter Tun Deadspace: 0.50 l Boil Size: 54.00 l Boil Time: 90 min Evaporation Rate: 6.5 % Calculate Boil...

My first batch output volume was 40L and a higher OG than my expected target. The second batch was 50L and right on target OG after a "sparge" at mash out. Basically, after lifting the malt pipe out I ran about 1 litre per Kg of 80°C water through the malt pipe while the temperature is rising...

What is your actual output volume? Do you sparge (after removing malt pipe) or just drain? Thanks for your post;)

Thanks Yambor44. I'm from the BIAB school of brewing originally, and have been playing around with a few different profiles based on the BIAB experience ...I was just interested to see if anyone has actually got a profile nailed down for the Braumeister. Thanks again for the welcome ;-)

I new here, but have enjoyed reading this discussion on the mighty Braumeister. I have a 50L and so far only two brews ...but I love the simplicity and ease of use (worst part is lifting the malt pipe - I'll eventually rig an electric winch for this). What I am wondering is if anyone here has...