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Selling my keezer. Realized I rarely have more than 2 things on tap so I want to downsize. Also posted on Facebook. Pickup in Michigan only. Kegerator Only. DOES NOT COME WITH KEGS SHOWN IN LAST PHOTO Exterior dimensions 51"w x 26"d x 62" h Interior dimensions 31"w x 15"d x 36"h Made...

NVM! My diode was backwards...

Any idea why mine is updating once after a reboot, but doesnt update at all after that? Time is set to 900 seconds and it doesnt update every 15minutes like it should... Im using the BAT43 diode.

I would agree with you, but in this case im glad I sorted this out as i've been adjusting my grain to hit original gravities, but in reality am creating much higher gravity beer than anticipated.

I didnt take a PH reading of the end sparge or the SG of it, was happy with my numbers so i moved on. Sparge ended up at 50 minutes.

Great info, thank you. I ended my brew at a 1.059 SG at 5.4 gallons. That gets me a 84.9% BH Efficiency. Changes i made are below: - Drank a homebrew - Did a full clean, service, and re-lube of my grain mill. Set gap to .036 - Calibrated my Refractometer using Distilled water at 60f -...

Pre-boil numbers are in! 1.050 at 7.77 gallons into the kettle!! Safe to say, my estimated 75% BH Efficiency is going to be higher than expected. Seems like my problems aren't a problem for this batch! So pumped. Thanks for everyones help on this. Stay tuned for my final gravity and volume.

In case anyone is still curious, i am brewing right now and with everything calibrated properly, my brew is looking great. Just measured 1.069 after a 75 minute mash at 152f. I have a 1.82 qt/lb ratio for grain, or 10.5lbs grain to 4.8 gallons of water. Both my Refractometer and Hydrometer...

I know exactly what your saying. I ditched those stands and bought a short support stand and converted to a bottom drain. Now its about .75 also.

Well, i think its safe to say that my measurements are off, most likely due to my refractometer being out of cal. The next brew should clear up any confusion in my own head with calibrated tools, so lets use that as a baseline moving forward. I'll post on here probably sunday with my numbers...

Interesting. I put 1.4 into beersmith, which is probably where 7.7 is coming from rather than my total 8.7. Also accounts for 1 extra gallon of water due to dead space in the bottom of my mash tun and volume through the hoses and 50' SS coil(which totals about 1 gallon, maybe a little more)...

I dont have any distilled water on hand, but with filtered water my refractometer was reading guestimated the equivalent of -1.013 or so. I'll get some distilled before my next brew and calibrate it and my Hydrometer with that, and test my next batch using both.

I use the Pico style false bottom and have a bottom drain keggle mash tun. Last batch i tightened up my mill to .032 and had a really slow HERMS recirc with little to no increase in efficiency, so im going to back it off back to .036 as i troubleshoot as it seems that is not the problem...

I was wondering this myself. The blichman auto sparge is supposed to cycle around in a circle around the top of the grain bed, but i wonder if its just running down the side. I may make some type of manifold to rest on the top of the grain bed to more evenly distribute the sparge before my...