Recent content by Jcruse

I've had a medium Brewha BIAC sitting in my garage unassembled for 5 years (kids/business/life), and it's finally time to build this thing. At the time I also ordered a ton of parts to build a control panel for it. I remember I pretty much had the panel design figured out, but being 5 years ago...

Here's a recipe for DIY oreos that doesn't have any chemical ingredients (aside from baking powder/soda) or flavors. Not sure how they'd impact the head retention with all the butter and shortening in them though... Scratch Oreo Recipe

I was planning to limit the output using OUTH on the auber pid. According to their documentation: OUTH can be used when you have an overpowered heater to control a small subject. For example, if you set the OUTH = 50, the 5000 watt heater will be used as 2500W heater (50%) even when the PID...

My original design was a single panel, but with only the 240v L6-30p outlet. I would then limit the element's duty cycle to ~2-3% to prevent the yeast scorching potential during fermentation. But I decided to breakout the fermentation control to a separate box, so my brew controller wouldn't...

For all of you running 5500 watt elements at 110v (which would result in 1375 watt output), how are you wiring them? I'm building out 2 control panels for a Brewha BIAC I just ordered, and planned on having 1 dedicated "Brew" controller with 220v output to the element, and a separate...

I stay as far away from S-04 as possible now. In the few times I've used it, I've always ended up with a "dirty sock" after-taste to my beers. Don't know how else to describe it, but it doesn't leave a smooth finish at all...WLP004 worked MUCH better for me in my stout.

Considering Brewometer is kaput, you might want to look at alternatives. The only one I know if is the Beer Bug, but it's gotten mixed reviews.

I just placed my order for a medium BIAC with the wedge wire colander, and the order total came out to more than $2500. Nathan emailed me that I would need to provide my SSN for customs purposes (on orders over $2500). Obviously I'm a little hesitant to provide it. Have any of you had to...

I agree with the earlier poster, that this is begging for a part 3 article. I would have liked to see more "facts" in the reviews like average efficiency, dead space, grain capacity, average brew day duration, ease of cleanup, etc. Then a simple matrix chart to allow easy comparison of the...

The adjustable PRV is from amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007GDY3CU/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 It's not that accurate, though, and that's why I have a pressure gauge on the contraption as well. I might just dry hop in in my serving kegs...what's the longest you've had hops in contact...

Yes, there's a gas-in on the back. The valve is an adjustable prv/spunding valve, so you can set it to 5 psi during primary fermentation, then crank it up to 20-30 during secondary. Then when ready to rack, you can pressure transfer at serving pressure so you don't get a foamy transfer (co2...

Here's what I built for pressurized sanke fermentations and racking. I haven't used it yet (newborn will do that to you), but it should work. The tri-clamp fitting has a 1/2" npt fitting welded to the top, where the racking cane passes through, and a thermowell. I put a cross on top of that...

Thanks for the link...doesn't look like anyone's gotten it to work very well yet, however...

I've been contemplating building out an Electric 3-tier system, with the aspiration of volume sensing, fill and valve automation, etc. From my research my understanding is that BCS can do valves, but doesn't really have the capability for volume sensing, Strangebrew Elsinore can sense...

It's not very rare these days...they've had it at our Costco (Portland, OR) for a while now...