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I let a small sample of beer sit overnight to go flat. The next morning it had dropped from 6.0 to 5.5 pH. I checked the calibration of my pH meter when I first got it a few weeks ago. It read the 4.0 buffer as 4.0.; the 7.0 as 7.0; and the 10.0 buffer as 10.1. Close enough.

ajdelange, Thanks for your reply. I have muriatic acid (31.45 HCl) which should be about 10.2 N. I can go from there with your answer. I measured the pH of the beers right out of the tap without degassing them. I'll pull another sample of one and let it go flat and then measure the pH...

I've measured the pH of three of my beers. They were all 6.0 +/- .1 For this IBU test what is the target pH? Thanks, Paul

Approximately 10 amps. The manual specifies minimum fuse size as 10 amps. It states that the heating coil is 2000 watts and the pump motor 23 watts. This computes to a little less than 10 amps at 240 volts.

Probably not. The stove/dryer connections are probably 50 to 60 amp connections. It is highly unlikely that anyone makes a 15 amp C13 to connect to a 50 amp circuit.

No. Your clothes dryer plug would need to be replaced with the L20-6R... probably not something that you want to do. I installed a separate L20-6R receptacle at my brew station, not in my utility room where the clothes dryer resides. I did not realize that you wanted to user your clothes...

No. Sorry if I misled you. The male plug on the cord I linked you to is NOT a mate to an electric clothes dryer outlet. It requires a matching L20-6R receptacle available at most local hardware stores.

Yes. I bought one of each length.

These are for the 20L.

For the 20L 5ft NEMA L6-20P to C13, 14/3 SJT (15A 250V) AC Power Cord L6-20 Plug to IEC 60320 C13 Connector 15 Feet 15a/250v 14/3

The pump has stopped when you lift the malt pipe and all the grain has settled to the bottom. As you lift the malt pipe you are raising the grain with the false bottom. As you lift it, it is heavy (laden with soaked grain) and the water is falling out the bottom. At the point where the false...

The pump pulls water from the port in the bottom of the kettle that is outside of the malt pipe. If forces water up through the port nearer the center of the kettle and up through the malt pipe, pushing the grain bed up. I found the hard way, by failing to answer the prompt after the last...

I have found that a minimum of 20L is required to keep the heating coil covered with water when the pump fills the malt pipe to overflowing and leaves little water in the kettle outside of the malt pipe. Another poster modified his malt pipe with a ring of holes down a few inches from the...

This power cord available on Amazon will plug directly into the Braumeister 20L. Use a matching L6-20R (also available from local hardware stores) and no cutting of cables is required.

Boil-off varies somewhat with the barometric pressure and your ground elevation, since with low pressure and high altitude aggressive boil can easily be obtained, but with high pressure and low altitude an aggressive boil requires more than 100C. For me 3.6L / hour with the lid off works...