Recent content by chagtie

Hello my friend, although this seams like a great solution it will almost certainly cause a leak in the silicone rotary arm bushings above. The reason for this is the two pumps have different flow rates and will cause either pressure or a vacuum in the bypass line that you created. Instead you...

You will need 1/4 silicone tubing for the inlet.

Update: working with Trever Mack, he informed me that the Z has a proper "passthrough" without the need of the step filter, therefor this cleaning vessel is only needed for the Zymatic. Great props to Trevor, after some troubleshooting, the solution for the Z "error 6" has been resolved, and a...

Trevor, Thanks for follow up and update on the cleaning process for the Z. This recipe will work great for the Zymatic with the glass cleaning vessel ! Will edit the post to reflect the update.

JM_ Maclaren , The order is: the black duckbill goes in first , with the duckbill side inwards then the silicon seal, then the hard plastic ring with the concaved side out. Note: the black Duckbill and the silicon seal is suppose to be glued together. You might notice glue residue on...

this is a follow up from the earlier post (see above)... I believe this is a great solution to be able to deep clean HEX and maintain your Zymatic with PBW or other strong cleaners, without worry of damaging you StepFilter.

On Facebook “Picobrewer” Z owners are experiencing Error 6. It does not seam to be known yet I believe that it is just the Z’s version of the Zymatic “Error 1”. Basically, the machines are over heating due to a flow issue in the heat exchanger and/or low water in the heat loop. First, make sure...

Zymatic is a better machine than the Z !!! The more that I study the Z , the more I am convinced that Picobrew went backwards in their production quality! The Z is essentially a piece of plastic that is destined to fail over time. Once the Zymatic is modified to resolve the a Glycol loop (also...

Mike, One more question, really topic ;) I am finding that most of the recipes on Pico.com (for the zymaticthe boil step is typically for 20 minutes. Yet, as I deepen my knowledge on brewing in general, it seems most sources call for a strong rolling boil of 60-90 minutes to help break down...

Mike, Question, have you thought about having the step filter casted out of Tempered Glass like Pyrex? It seams that someone could have them made for the Z / Zymatic, and even Pro / C ?? In my opinion Pico should have made them out of tempered glass to begin with! Do you have any idea how one...

Mike, I’m extremely excited! Let me know how I can be on your list for the V2 !!!

Lastly, will we be able to link Zymatics together to run larger batches like the Z with the new hardware/software ? if so it would be super cool.

Mike, That make sense. If available, I would love one of the Gen 1 boards if they all are not already spoken for; also super interested in your stand-alone software. I'm also interested in your gen. 2 board when it comes out. (maybe 4 or 5, as my brothers and I all brew together with...

Mike, This is excellent! Question will this board be able to support an extra pump to run a second heat exchanger for the cool down cycle we were talking about above? If not can you let me know what daughter board to get to be able to ? Can I be on the list for a few of these new boards...