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I had some white spots on my element after recirculating with PBW and ended up using Bar Keepers Friend to get it looking like new again. Now I use it after every other batch. Easy and only takes a couple minutes. Works wonders on the kettle and other stuff too.

Thanks for the input everyone. Need to do some soul searching / googling now. :)

I've been considering switching back to an IC from my plate chiller due to all the extra hassle and fuss with the PC. I was thinking about getting their King Cobra with some sort of support to keep it off of the element. I'm curious as to why you switched to the CFC, any thoughts you could share?

I've got the COFI as well and the answer is No, you will not get clear wort from recirculating. Before I got the BB I was mashing in a 10G round cooler with a stainless supply line braid and would vorlauf a couple times while batch sparging. That would result in a very clear wort into the BK...

Only done this once so far - After heating the full volume of strike water to temp, I transferred about 1.5 gallons to my cooler MLT. Once the mash was complete (incl. mash out) I raised the COFI out of the wort but still a couple inches in the kettle to avoid any mess. Then I used a...

I used the most current version last brew day. No crashing, even when editing step files on my Fire which used to be a crapshoot.

I settled on 70% too, which results in about 2G/hr with the 20G kettle. Give or take depending on the weather.

Yep, wanting to stir after lowering the COFI, once or twice during the mash, and/or at mashout. I'll have to give it another shot next time I brew to see if I can get enough clearance for the latches. Admittedly, I didn't spend too much time working at it the last time...

Yeah, I'm going to tighten it to .035 - .039 for the next batch and see how that compares. That thread and a few others are what led me to try the wider gap as a starting point, but I haven't been happy with the results. FWIW, I am recirculating with the valve(s) all the way open.

What are you guys crushing at? I've been going on the coarse side at .050 and have been lower than expected, even when I tried sparging with a gallon and a half. Wish there was enough room to get the top off/on of the COFI while it's in the kettle.

It's going to vary some based on your local conditions, but I found that closer to 70% gives me a good boil without being too vigorous. It's easy to play with during a brew session, start with the 60 and bump up till it's to your liking, then you can edit the params with that setting if needed.

Nice, one of my favorite beers from GLBC. Will add the to the brew backlog and report back whenever I get a chance to try it out.

I purchased a plate chiller and have used it on both batches I've brewed so far on the BB. While I can't argue with the cooling efficiency, I'm not entirely sure I want to keep using it. I keep making a mess when switching hose hookups (using all camlock qd's) both for wort and cooling water...

I'm using the Fire tablet, but have only done the wet run a couple of times and one real brew session so far. No issues during the brews, however the app did crash a couple of times when I was loading different brew step profiles. When that happens I just restart the app and it loads with that...

Worked on Verizon, text said it came from "Anonymous" though. I noticed that there isn't an actual From address in the email notifications. Like if you hit reply, the To field just gets Brew-Boss, not an email address. The return path in the header is [email protected], but not having that...

Hrm, I'm on Verizon but will give that a try when I get back home.

I just tested and it worked sending to my gmail account. That was with the test alarm and email menu option, and a mash out complete alert. I'm running the app on a Kindle Fire. Have you tried a different email address? Maybe blocked as spam or filtered some other way?

Another vote for the Lasko heater. It's small, cheap, has built-in overheat protection, has a fan to help circulate when it's running, and it's available on Amazon Prime (always a plus for me).

I'm using a plate chiller (30-plate long Duda) but have only done one brew on the BB so far. Prior to that I was using a DIY IC which I am keeping around to have the option of using it on brews with huge hop additions, or at the very least to use as a pre-chiller in the summer. The batch I did...

1406 +5G of Haus Pale Ale - first run on my new Brew Boss system and it was great! = 1411