Recent content by tsatsa

Hi Mike, great work! It may be too late, but ease of use and installation for most of us folks out there, I suggest to add a raspberry compute module connector that will allow the installation of a RPi without soldering. The compute module 4 has just been released and it's worth a try. If the...

@Mike Howard I used your instructions to refill the glycol and my old Z is now running like new. I did a ramp up test and the 3 curves are quite stables: Many thanks for your help! Next step is the installation of the reservoir @aangel : glad to hear that you fixed the pump. The next time...

They did not release any firmware for the old Z yet to allow offline brewing

A bunch of projects are available in github, mimicking the picobrew server and allowing to upload custom xml recipes: https://github.com/hotzenklotz/picobrew-server https://github.com/brewfreedom/ZymaticBridge They might be worth being explored to check if they still work with the current...

Mike (thanks again!) kindly sent me his guide to tear down the Zymatic in the correct order to access to the bottom part of the machine. I continuously get fatal error #1 and it's probably time to check the glycol level in the loop. Since I'm not going to disassemble the Z if not strictly...

chilling step with the zymatic is simply wort recirculating in the machine with a temperature check. You have to chill with an external device like the corny pillar. When the given temperature is reached, the chill phase ends after 5 minutes of stable temp

Or have a look at brewjacket.com

they said custom recipe are going to be possible with this version. Updates come soon

It sounds to me a very unfair review compared to what i've heard from other picobrewers

Yes I tried but I was really looking for a beer with the woody taste of chestnut honey. Mead is totally different

My father produces chestnut honey (in Switzerland) and I'm planning to brew a beer using it. I would like a finished beer that taste honey, not just using it as sugar. I desperately look around over the internet but I couldn't find any recipe using with that purpose. Any suggestion? European...

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I have several oz of different hops that I keep in the freezer. I usually unfrozen them before use. Did anyone used them directly frozen? Like with regular food, I'm scared that unfreezing and refreezing hops may ruin their properties. I was planning to just get them out of the freezer and...

In primary it was fine, I used another kettle (1 have 3 of them). I never cold crashed my beer because I live in an apartment and I dont have enoght space for a freezer. I should try to occupy the fridge for 2-3 days but I need to check if I have enoght space to put a kettle in it. That's...

I did a typo tbh. I basically stirred my beer 3 times by transfering it from a kettle to another and then another again. I was scared of oxidation like you said. And concerning the skip of secondary, I did it because I'll dry hop and I'd like to get all sediments away at least once. But yeah, I...