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I decided to brew a red ale, never have before so figured its time to look into this style. Some recipes are declared a Amber Red, some an Irish Red. Grain bill, some use 2 row, some MO, some pilsner, some a mix. Since this is supposed to be somewhat malty and of course red in color...

I have an electric kettle and GOTT cooler/MT. I would like to both control my mash temps better and be able to do step mashes. On my last batch I did a step mash by pumping the wort out of the MT, heating, and recirculating back to the MT. Problem is I saw some scorching with the element. I...

Upgraded to a larger fridge. This freezer is about 6 years old. Works fine. As you can see with the photos, it has some flaws, mostly with interior rust. With some sanding and painting it could probably be dealt with. Also included is the wood collar. I'm basically including the controller...

In automatic mode you can set the temp but not the output % of power. In manual mode, you can set the output % of power but the temp setpoint isn't followed (that is, if my temp is set to 120°, the element will still fire beyond that). Why can't I do both....set the output % while keeping the...

So I finally burned my nylon bag. Always heard about it possibly happening. I think I burned it because I was doing a small, 3gal., batch. As a result the water volume was less, so the weight of the nylon bag with grains put more pressure on the low density element. As it was the element had...

Does anyone remember the olden days of electric brewing. I don't know, maybe about 10 years or so ago. There were more reasons to NOT do it than to do it. Funny that all those things have been forgotten. "The element will scorch the wort", "eBrewing is dangerous, water + electricity = bad"...

I ran my first batch in my new ebrewery a few weeks ago. I have a temporary hood made of foam, with an inline fan. Its a strong fan, and did a good job pulling the moist air out of my basement brewery. Now I need to build a real hood. Only problem is that water collected at the 4" round inlet...

Boy I hope I'm just missing these two things, because so far this app has been easy to use on my android tablet. With all the other features, I would be surprised if the actual ABV and brewhouse efficiency are missing. Simple calcs that take up two more fields. Please tell me I just haven't...

I just ran a virginal brew session with my new 4kW, Omega PID controlled, 12gal BIAB system. Still some flaws to work out, but definitly a step up from propane! One thing I need to figure out is boil consistancy. No matter if I set my Omega pid to 211°/212°/or 213° I get a boil thats on/off...

I'm working on my electric brewery and am trying to keep things as simple as possible. I have my main boil kettle with a low density element for heating the strike water and the boil. I have a 2nd kettle and a gott. I would like the option of step mashing as well as heating up and maintaining...

My last two beers have been on the thin/watery side despite hitting the OG and FG. For reference they are Cream of Three Crops and Bee Cave Haus Pale Ale. In my process, the thing I've honed in on is my control (or lack of) of mash temps. After I hit my target mash temp of ~152, I stir and...

Seems like the builds I've seen so far have X feet of chord coming out of their kettle then plugging into their control box. I would like the disconnect to be at the kettle so I can clean the kettle out in my sink, versus cleaning in place. Sure I could still clean a kettle with x feet of...

FG should be closer to 1.014, but at 1.020 10 days into the ferment. This is a heff yeast. Can I make a starter and add more active yeast to bring it down a bit more?

Having a problem with my recent hef batch. I used the austin brewvint alcohol boost to get my OG to 1.060. This batch started slow since my fermentation temps were low, @62°, for a few days. I moved the fermenter to a different room for the last few days where temps are closer to the low 70's...

This is a bit of a rant, but what is it with the time it takes vendors to get orders out the door? Three, four days is not uncommon. Add shipping time and that means you have to order something 1-1/2 to 2 weeks out. So many other markets routinely get products out within a day or two. Not even...

The Auber PIDs have the following language: "A manual control function is also added that allows the user to control the heater power just like a dimmer switch for a light bulb. This is a useful function for the beer brewer to control the strength of boiling." Thing is I have a couple...

Just wondering how many out there worked in their main (house) panel to do wiring for their e-brewery. I understand the safety side (turn off main breaker, test leads, don't wear metal jewlery, etc..). I've done quite a bit electrical for remodelling, but am still a little spooked by it. Any...

Ok, so I did a 1-step wash. That is, I scooped a bunch of sludge off the bottom of my fermenter (which was used for two consecutive batches btw), let it settle, then transferred to a seperate mason jar, then topped off with sterile water. I believe it is, and the second photo shows how its...

Was think of building a simple, insulated box to slide over my 5 gal fermentation bucket. I want to hook up 2 pipes and 2 fans, 1 in and 1 out, to My keezer. I could use a probe and pid to control the fans. How stable will this be temperature wise? Will the air movement cause any issues with...

I was thinking (ok, daydreaming) about a potential electric brewery on my horizon. When thinking about the design and details, my goal is to keep it as simple as possible. Basically, a two tier system- one level for the kettle with heat elements (higher) and the other level just for mashing...