Recent content by SpacemanSpiff

I'm in

Never got a response and moved on to Beersmith awhile back. Very happy with it.

Still love it. I've learned how to better use the analog dial to help maintain the mash temp better which was one of my issues I was having. I keep it at about 50% and my mash easily stays within a degree. I still use the basket and have no problems. Honestly, the thing has half inch holes in...

Yeah that's what I'm thinking. I would say about 10% of my hop matter was brown. Some of the cones were entirely brown. It's my 2nd year and I still don't have a good feel for when to harvest. Like you though, I'm not sure how they could've gotten drier. There were a fair amount of stray...

So what happens if you wind up too wet? This is my second harvest and I picked my Centennials last week. I got 13 oz wet and they've been on a window screen over a box fan in the basement for the last week. I wound up with a little under 4 oz dry and that's around 30% of the original mass. I...

Definitely check the fittings. If others end up getting this system, save yourself some pain and disassemble the fittings, throw a couple wraps of teflon tape on there, and re-tighten it. I've had no issues after doing that and I've got about a dozen batches on the system now. As for your...

Should work. Just need to have some moving air that helps it dry faster.

I set up a window screen on some sawhorses and ran a box fan under it. Worked great.

I got the 4 prong and put a GFI breaker in my panel.

I recommend marbles plural. I dry hopped with leaf for the first time with my homegrown Centennials from last year. Thought I was being smart and put 5 marbles in the bag. Then quickly realized how big 1 oz of leaf hop winds up being. Getting the bag into and out of the carboy was an adventure...

Would love to know this too.

No problem. I had the laundry bag that I used before and it was great. I liked the drawstring and the fact it felt substantial. I'm concerned for how long the paint strainer type that came with the system will last. That said, I'm not sure of any other driver for going finer. The coarser mesh...

I've done I think 6 batches now and I love the system. A few bugs to iron out but it saves so much time off my old brew day before the system. Recirc is no issue at all but you have to use the bag that comes with the system or a bag with a similar mesh size. The batch I did using my old...

I used dry sage when I made this because its what I had and it turned out fine. It's such a small amount. Be careful with the rosemary though. That really came through on mine almost too much.

You can definitely go finer. I'm currently at .030 and get around 72% usually. I'm planning to drop down to .025 for my next brew. I don't sparge anymore now that I have an ebiab setup, but I have come up with a 3 bucket squeeze method that works pretty well to get all that sweet wort out if...