Recent content by Massflyer

I would say if you can smell them, they are leaving the fermenter. I’ve been recently dialing in a Sip of Sunshine clone, and made the mistake of adding my 4oz dose of Citra at high krausen. I had been listening to a few podcasts which had recommended that timing, unfortunately I overlooked the...

Quick question... for those of us that have the linear flow valves, has anyone simply measured flow rate at various valve positions? Possibly index valve when fully closed with a sharpie or paint pen at 12 o'clock, and then open 1, 1.5, 2 rotations etc and time flow rate... Once flow rates are...

1) Turn on TOP... wait for temp values to display 2) Press and release the enter button Enter button (arrowhead with 90 degree line) you should see AT for auto-tune. You have now entered the Regulation menu of the PID. 3) Press the next button (arrowhead with radius ) 9 times or until you...

Last brew day... 152 mash temp

The PID controller is very capable, but Blichmann doesn't provide any of the custom setting within the menu... I chose to let the controller Auto Tune, and I choose a +2 degree offset, as that was my temperature loss. As a result my mash temps all read the same on the PID and analog mash...

Boil-off rates for me are right around 1.5 gallons per hour... I'm basically at sea-level, and I boil at 85% power output.

Electric brewing is silent, and no more monitoring propane - one less thing to do on brew day! Because electric is so quite, you can carry on conversation or listen to music on low volume levels. The only downside is less portability, and the need to keep the boil coil submerged, approx 5...

Check grain crush on roller mill with feeler gauge - .040 works great for me... Try filling mash tun from bottom up through drain valve... Bring strike water up to approximately 2" above false bottom and dough-in... Smooth out grain bed and slowly pump additional water up through the grain bed...