Hello all, I have been lurking for a long time and now I am just tired of searching the net for the answers I am looking for and not finding them. I have been brewing for about 3 years and have recently switched to all grain which I have had some good success with.
I recently moved into a house with an entirely unfinished basement and am planning a dedicated brew space there because I'm so sick of dragging out and setting my equipment up in the garage to brew that I don't brew nearly as often as I'd like to.
Anyway, my intent and sole reason I bought a house with an unfinished basement was to make the dedicated brewing space and I want to go electric. I have been drooling over Kal's Electric Brewery for about 2 years but scraping the money together has been difficult. I have been looking for comparisons of a number of different systems but have found very little information from people who have brewed on or owned different setups.
I want single tier electric and will be using keggles and I want to have a HERMS system. I am hoping that I can find some general ideas of cost and satisfaction differences between Kal's system, Brewtroller or a custom designed controller or any others. I am fairly handy with electronics and engineering and what I cant get done myself I can find the help with.
Any opinions, pro and cons of any option and maybe a rough cost estimate of your setup would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
I recently moved into a house with an entirely unfinished basement and am planning a dedicated brew space there because I'm so sick of dragging out and setting my equipment up in the garage to brew that I don't brew nearly as often as I'd like to.
Anyway, my intent and sole reason I bought a house with an unfinished basement was to make the dedicated brewing space and I want to go electric. I have been drooling over Kal's Electric Brewery for about 2 years but scraping the money together has been difficult. I have been looking for comparisons of a number of different systems but have found very little information from people who have brewed on or owned different setups.
I want single tier electric and will be using keggles and I want to have a HERMS system. I am hoping that I can find some general ideas of cost and satisfaction differences between Kal's system, Brewtroller or a custom designed controller or any others. I am fairly handy with electronics and engineering and what I cant get done myself I can find the help with.
Any opinions, pro and cons of any option and maybe a rough cost estimate of your setup would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers