Recent content by rbdanley

I use a water bucket heater, also called a heat stick, during my boils. I got it on Amazon. Query "heat stick". The boil becomes quite vigorous.

Somewhere in this thread I remember seeing someone who put the spigot that comes with the fermenter on top and attached a blow off tube to the open spigot. You might give that a try.

I use a stainless steel mesh cylinder from Arborfab.com. They hang from the side of the pot, not centered like you want.The 6 inch cylinder looked too big when it arrived, but I was pleased to find that it just fits between the side and the center post of my 20 litre Braumeister. It's 14 inches...

Thanks for the advice. I reproduced the problem using a test run with water. The BM showed 94 degrees when the water was actually at 53 degrees. I contacted Morebeer.com and they are having Speidel send me a new temperature probe. I'll also contact Speidel directly to see what they think.

I had a strange event occur during brewing the other day with the Braumeister. During the mash, single infusion at 67C, the BM went into a pump rest at about 50 minutes in. When the pump break was over, the temperature showed 69 degrees, then rapidly increased to 102 degrees, shutting off the...

Thanks for the reply. I'm just starting out with the BM, so I'll probably go conservative and try the double mash.

Sparging is optional, I think.

This may have already have been covered, but I haven't found it with a quick search. I'm thinking of brewing a Pliny the Elder clone. It needs about 14 lb. of grain. How about if I put 3 lb. in a bag, have the Braumeister heat a few liters of water to, say, 152 degees F in manual mode, put in...