Recent content by cdt5058

Brewed another couple batches in the past couple weeks. One being a clone of Wilmington Brewing Company's Tropical Lightning and the other being a Founder's Breakfast Stout clone that will be aged on Kopi Luwak coffee from Vietnam. Both batches had grain bills over 8 pounds, with the Founder's...

Hey there, I would look at using searchtempest.com - this site allows you to search all Craigslist posting in a certain mile radius. So, if you don't mind driving, you may be able to find a great deal! Or even try to convince someone to ship you their used version. I also saw you were...

Huh - I didn't know that. I backed a refurb version from their latest kickstarter and never thoroughly read their first Kickstarter. I know that there are a few Github repositories that reverse engineered various API calls to/from the Zymatic. You can view Alexa PicoBrew here or the HTTP API...

Pull might've been the wrong phrase - their source code is hosted un-minified on their website. So, anyone in the world could look at the code that runs the recipe crafter page. I haven't bothered looking for the code that the Arduino inside of the actual Zymatic runs.

I wanted to figure this out and was able to pull the source code from the Picobrew website and dig into it a bit more. Your efficiency appears to be calculated based on which Mash Profile you choose to utilize. If you use the Single Step Infusion Mash, the efficiency on the Zymatic is...

Thanks to everyone for the help - it wound up being an incorrectly seated keg post. The o-ring was shredded a bit and allowing air in. I started a deep clean to diagnose the issue and the Z is humming away beautifully now.

Thanks, John. I checked the nylon connector nuts and inline filter this morning. Nothing seemed to be off there. I'll have to double check the beer post o-ring once I'm home from work. I'm also going to deep clean the machine tonight and possibly try a smaller, 1-gallon batch tomorrow to...

Just pressure tested the keg and it's retaining pressure... So, not a leak with the keg. I'm going to re-do the last mash prior to the boil step... The mash should be fully covered for every brew, correct? Is there any other places to troubleshoot the pump? I'm seeing air just about every...

Hey fellow Zymatic owners, so, I ran the machine with a rather small grain bill at ~5 pounds. I went climbing and came back just in time for a `Fatal Error #1` on the machine right before it heated to a boil. I pulled out the step filter and made sure everything was in place when I noticed that...