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What's the thinking on the Brew Boss Center Out Forced Infusion (COFI) technology. Looks quite interesting to me but are there draw backs ? One possible concern could be that the down pipe creates a channel around itself when recirculating. Anyone know any thing about these or had...

After (stupidly) flicking on my boil kettle (which was dry) the two 4500 kW elements quickly popped on quite spectacular fashion. Does anyone know of an easy to fit low or no water alarm I can put into my HERMS. Should be able to stay in kettle even when boiling and only activate when I switch...

A friend of mine who is wheelchair bound has asked me to help him build an electric (probably HERMS, maybe BIAB) brewery. Now I've built a LOT of HERMS breweries but I have never seen any info on a design aimed at wheelchair brewers. Vessels basically need to be basically floor level. Think...

Does anyone know if i can use an Auber SYL-2352 PID with a relay instead of a SSR ? Or must I go for the SYL-2342. Their website suggests an SSR with the SYL-2352 PID and a relay with the SYL-2342 but surely both SSR's and relays are just switches ? I already have a SYL-2352 PID and need to...

I would appreciate your comments on a technique for maximising my after boil yield that I've been using for years. I have a 75 L boil kettle. I formulate my my recipes for 75 L after boil volume. I start my boil with about 72 L which after an hour leaves me with ± 66 L (about 6 L boiled...

Maybe one of you tech boffinbs can helpt me. I have a new Suber SYL 2352 PID that does not want to seem to switch the Auber 40 amp SSR on. If I input eg a set value of 68C and the current temp is say 15C, the OUTput light stays off and no power (checked with mulitmeter) is going to the...

I Make a really delicious "Cream" Ale (my name not true to style) in which I use the zest of about 4 oranges in the last 10 mins of the boil. While it tastes delicious and everybody loves it, I've noticed that it does negatively affect head retention. I understand that that is a result of all...

Just thought I'd share this you guys as it has really helped me. I used to have big problems with grain bed compaction in my HERMS system. Seems that the wort being sucked out through the bottom compacted the bed quite severely and i had to constantly stir it up. It seas like a solid lump...

Is there any good reason why i should not use an aluminium cooling coil for my jockey box. I can think of 3 reasons why it would make life easier. 1) Cheaper than stainless or copper 2) Bends easily into coil shape. 3) Very good conductor (?). Could cleaning be problem ? Any...

Hi I have a bare 60W light build in my fermentation chamber as a heat source and ferment in white plastics buckets. Will the light given off cause the fermenting beer to become light struck ?

I've got a HERMS system and, as you know, it recirculates the wort through the mash during the entire duration of the mash ± 90 mins. When I'm sparging, do I have to go slow (40 to 60 mins) or (seeing it's been circulating all the time) crank it up and dump it into my boiler quickly ? I...

Recently, I have been maximising my brewing output by boiling ± 49 L in a 50 L pot. I achieve this by using foam control plus I position a small fan over the boil kettle. This allows me to really fill the boil kettle to near the very top, thus getting max volume out of my 50 L HERMS system...

This is something I've been wondering about for some time now. For maximum sparging efficiency in my HERMS system, is it best to : 1) Maintain the ±1" of water above the grain bed right until the end or, 2) Run the grain bed dry at the ned of the sparge ? In your experience, what's...

For all the tech fundi's I've got a CDN thermometer thru the side of my mash tun. Works very well. Only problem is that i have to bend down quite far to read it as the LCD readout is horizontal and I'm standing above it. Without damaging the thing, could I bend the probe at about a 45º...

Just wondering if anyone know if it's good to feed the worms in my worm farm the spent yeast from my batches. I', a little worried about there alcohol in it ? anyone know anything about this ?

Don't ask me how (OK tap trouble again - there are about 25 taps on my HERMS system) but i inadvertantly got about 8L of unboiled wort into my 46L batch of IPA. It now totals 54 L By the time i realised it was too late to reboil as i had already started putting it into he fermenters and...

I'm trying to stream line my bottling process and save a little time. I wondered if it was really necessary to boil my bottling sugar ? Is sugar usually contaminated with nasties ? Couldn't i just start off with pre-sanitsed water, add sugar from the packet, stir it up to dissolve and...

Very chuffed. Just got my water report. Would any good samaritan like to comment on it suitability ? Many thank you's

Some time ago, a friend go mine gave me a massive oxygen bottle filled, he says, with oxygen. It should last me for years. I have used it quite extensively to aerate my wort with SS diffusion stone. However, my FG has usually been a bit off since using the what I surmise is pure oxygen...

Just bought 2 new Chugger pumps and wondered how well they handle hop pellet gunk. Because, I like to free boil my hops (no bag or hop basket) and wondered if I could just send my boiled wort through the counterflow chiller with the Chugger without the hops chocking it up.