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I would love to try this out. Would probably work great in my fermentation chamber.

Oh, there are no pictures. But let's just say next time I will put the pumpkin in a bag. Worst stuck mash ever, ended up stirring almost the entire time to keep from scorching my element, which I did a little. Way too mush grain then got through. Mash temp no where close to set temp I assume due...

Word to the wise.. don't use fresh pumpkin in a spike solo 20gal mash. ask me how I know...

Anyone still brewing?

Put it in the Chamber with the conical.

Homebrew Club meetings and parties.

They referred me over to Ebrewsupply, who builds the controllers. Didn't have to replace it. I sent them some pictures and we found where two wires were switched. I switched them back myself and fixed the problem. If your breaking is tripping, this sounds like something else.

I have read that this can happen if you let your wort sit at mash temps in the kettle for a while during the lautering process. I had some super attenuated beers when I first started. I didn't do a mash out and I would wait to fire up the kettle after all my wort was in there. Once I started...

The OG of the starter was 1.040. By the time I pitched it, it would have been around 1.010 of Alcohol in the 4% range.

First off, normally I crash and decant my starters and then pitch the slurry. I recently brewed for the first time on my Spike Solo+ 20 gallon system and was aiming to get 11 gallons in my fermenter. I missed some volumes and only had 10 gallons in the fermenter. This was a lager and I made a...

I just upgraded to a CF10. It sits inside a freezer fermenting chamber. Even when I was using plastic, I put the Raspberry pi inside the chamber with the fermenter. My new conical is transmitting the signal just fine to the pi.

Did that make any difference?

I had my first brew Saturday on my 20G solo. I was hosting a brew session for my homebrew club, so there was 5-8 people always around me and the system while brewing, so It probably wasn't the most focused brew day. But that is ok, it was meant to be a learning day anyway. I brewed an easy...

Add some Fermcap as you are getting up to boil temperature before the hot break starts. Or, wait and add it as your hot break starts to rise to see the effect that it has on the foam. It will basically eliminate it completely. I'll add about 10-15 drops. It's like $5 for a small bottle and I...

I'm sure they are great. But I already had a Jaded IC, so I didn't want to spend the money on something else when I have something that will work well.

I may have to look into one of those options as well. Not sure my chiller will be immersed enough when doing 5 gallon batches, but should be ok for 10 gallons.

I didn't buy a CF chiller with my Solo because I have a Jaded Hydra chiller that I plan on using. I read earlier that someone else uses one and they used a hook and some zip ties to hang it from the side to keep it off the element. Would there be any good reason why I couldn't take the grain...

How is it going with everyone regarding mash temperatures and consistency? One of my top reasons for making the jump to electric was for mash temperatures. I want to be able to control my mash as precisely as possible. I want to be able to mash a beer at 152° and then turn around and mash the...

Well, we found the issue with the electrical causing my issues in my controller. My 240 outlet was wired correctly by my electrician. Spike put me in touch with ebrewsupply. They walked me through opening up the panel. We found that the black hot wire and the white common wire were reversed...

We did all that and got the correct readings for each part. That means it has to be in the control panel I guess? Hopefully Spike has an answer tomorrow.