Recent content by tmschmal

agreed. I wasn't planning to boil for 2-3 hours. If i wanted to raise the gravity that much I would have needed to.

Thanks guys. I think its safe to assume that my pre-boil gravity was inaccurate. I took three measurements with a hydrometer. The first two were crazy high, and then low. The third was near perfect, but I didn't test again. For OG I used a hydrometer and a Tilt. Your point on needing to...

I've had two brew sessions on my Spike 20g system. The first one I missed my OG significantly. I hit 1.043 when my target was 1.062. I didn't measure gravity after the mash, but I wasn't thinking and put all 15g of water into the mash tun for 22lbs of grain. I figured that was the reason my...

Thanks for the pic Wreck99, looks like a nice setup. What size kettles are those, and what length table? Going with the partial system from Spike seems to make the most sense. My thinking with a 20g system was to do full 10g high gravity batches and not worry about boil overs with maybe a...

Thanks mongoose!

I'm thinking of doing the same thing, i.e. order just the kettles and fittings from them. You raise another question. Why did you choose to go with 15g MT & HLT? I had thought about that, but figured that there was a reason that they didn't make the system that way. I'm on the west coast, so...

A few questions for the group. I'm currently using a typical cooler system, and looking to move to 10 gallon batches. I'm also leaning towards moving from natural gas to electric, which means I've got a lot to learn. I'm considering the Spike 20g system. 1) Has anyone used this on a 5'...

I've been having problems getting my Tilt to connect to my phone. It's in a Spike stainless conical and even with a variety of phones, it won't pick up a signal consistently. Strangely, the best device I've found to use is a Kindle Fire that is 3-4 years old. I've had a couple emails with...

For those of you with the temp coil, how do you manage taking the lid on/off for filling, dry hopping, cleaning etc.? I was thinking of a pulley system to raise it straight up over the tank. It seems a bit excessive, but could be fun/helpful. Thoughts?

anyone planning to make the trip to homebrewcon in RI this year?

Yes do this

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