Recent content by FScholle

My BIAB brewstand with gallows to pull out the bag.

Here's my simple BIAB system. I use two 2000 W heating elements run from two different circuits. Pot is 40 qt. This is the control box. One element is on/off only, the other onr regulated by a PWM circuit.

My standard protocol for beers up to 1.060 is to mash in 7 gallons of water. I do squeeze out some after I pull the bag but not excessively. I usually get about 6.25 gallons preboil volume and a bit over 5 gallons when I'm done. I use a 40qt pot with steamer insert. I don't really brew high...

There it is. Note that the coffin box sits on top of the collar,not the actual fridge.

I did not want to take the chance on mine and built a wooden collar of about 8 inches to make it deeper, just like the keezer guys do, the reattached the door. Used the wood collar to add a coffin box for the taps on top of the fridge.

Why not keep the grain in your grain bag right away? That way you will just have to take it out of your boil kettle. Let the bag drain as much as possible either directly into the boil kettle or into a separate pot and then add that back to your boil kettle. This way you won't have to transfer...

Looks fairly similar to what I'm doing. I just got my pot a couple of days ago and some fittings from bargains fittings yesterday. I have been debating 240V vs 110V and I think I am going to go with 2 2000W 110V elements. In only brew 5 Ga batches. When I want to brew in the garage I can just...

Yeah I don't think anymore that it is infection. It's by far less sour tasting than it used to be. It still has an aftertaste that I don't particulalrly care for but as I said it is drinkable now. Maybe I don't like the fuggles and ekg very much. Difficult to say with not much experiwnce under...

Thanks for the suggestions. I did all the calculations on ibrewmaster on my ipad. Good program btw. I think you're right about the crystal. As far as alc content for an ordinary bitter goes, iBrewmaster lists 3.2 to 3.8% as per bjcp. I'm happy to report that it's definitely getting better with...

Thanks, I was going for something a bit lighter and it's just under 4% ABV. The numbers are right there for a Standard/Ordinary Bitter but maybe I was a bit too frugal with the malt there after all. I'll give it another week or so before feeding the sewer rats with it. F

From what I have seen here on the forums the PWM route might be the cheapest.....but I might have to learn how to solder......yyyrrrrch!!!!!

I have only been brewing for a short time, this is my fourth batch to be specific. Was very pleased with my beer until this last batch. I was trying my hand on an english style Pale Ale: 3 lbs light DME 1.5 lbs amber dry DME 0.5 lbs biscuit and 0.5 lbs crystal 60L steeped for 30 min 1oz...

Yes I saw quite a few posts about that. I was hoping to keep costs down though. With all the stuff for heater elements, fittings, breakers etc it's already going to add up to quite a bit, so I was hoping to do it less expensively. I really don't mind manually controlling things. Maybe a PWM...

Unless I don't really understand the specs it's only rated for 5A and a 4500W element will pull about 19A.

OK, the temp controller is not going to work for this, so I guess infinite switch it is.