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This is a plug and play RIMS package that I originally purchased from brewhardware.com. Works perfectly but I've modified my system extensively and my new configuration couldn't use this setup. 12" SS RIMS tube 1.5" TC I/O ports 1650 W ULWD foldback element (120 V) with integrated TC flange 48"...

Gently used Blichmann power controller, 240 V 0-100% linear power control (pulse width modulation method) L6-30 (30A 240V) power connections Note, this unit does not read or control the temperature. It worked great for me connected to my boil kettle and also my hot liquor tank. I've...

with only 5% caramunich II you should be fine. I've made a Marzen with 3% each of Caramunich I and III (plus 82% Vienna, 8% Munich I) and it was very good. This was based on a recipe from George Fix's Marzen book.

Kal's Electric Brewery site has a good altbier recipe that I've brewed a couple of times (actually drinking through a keg of one now). See: https://shop.theelectricbrewery.com/pages/dusseldorf-altbier#Recipe I think if I brewed it again though, I would cut the aromatic malt down by maybe half.

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Makes sense - this guy worked at a local machinist shop. I was surprised they did stainless at all, but they were the only ones in town that did.

For the curious, here is everything put together, including the hop bong

Here's the full look

Pics (difficult to get the lighting decent for the inside of the kegmenter, but this is what I got of one of the ports) edit: hopefully it's obvious that the last pic is the weld inside my mash tun for the bottom drain - not Bobby's work!

Pictures coming in a sec. One TC port for a sampling valve and another for a thermowell.

I'm not sure if this is the best location for this post, but I recently ordered and received a new kegmenter fermenter from Bobby_M at BrewHardware.com. What made the experience special was the two 1.5" TC ferrules that Bobby welded onto the side of it. He sent me pictures throughout the...

wouldn't open for me - spun for a while and then just brought me to my own recipes Note: the sparge water volume is dictated by your batch size and the strike volume is set by your mash thickness setting. Both are set in your equipment profile

A fly sparge on my system gave me about 85% mash efficiency (as computed by Doug), about 81% as reported by BrewFather. That is typical for me no matter if it's a 1.050 or 1.070 FG beer. I was really surprised though by Doug's simulation - he predicted that going to no sparge on the same brew...

aha! thanks, that makes perfect sense.