Recent content by Willy

Loading the Brewzilla 100L with RO water for tomorrow's brew day - an Irish Red Ale, called ROZ'S Red Rocket, V2. It's my 2nd go round on this recipe. Very tasty and has the beautiful color I was looking for. Currently at 1 gallon... About 3 1/2 hours to go to reach my volume of 14.7 g for and...

And a lot depends on the mash bed (also milling) and amount of recirculation going on. When you get it dialed in the PID is really helpful in cycling heater/temp process to minimize variations in temp. At least for me. I like it.

During my first year of using the BZ, if I wanted to mash at 149° F, I would set the mash temp to about 151-152.5° due to the temp differential (top vs bottom). It worked fine. Basically - about a 2° F difference. Kegland also makes a add-on Bluetooth/wifi thermometer that allows a reading for...

Second the @MaxStout comment ... Do it. 240v is a must for future 3 kettle system or AIO. More power... Plenty of outlets for 110/120v and why not some USB ports for charging and laptop/phone apps. A drain is a great idea. Sink is a must.

How long have the beer lines been in use? 1 yr? 2 yr+? Also - are the line lengths cut to pour the perfect head size based on EVA ID and PSI? How much do a new set of lines cost (how many lines ?? ) I haven't priced them out in a long time - but I think it used to cost $30 for 6 lines. Oh, and...

HB Czech Pilsner is in full blossom. This has become my wife's "go to" beer. Time for an American Brown - Live at the Apollo, side 2.

HB British Brown is hitting the spot. In the nicest way.

Water - Grains - Yeast - Hops Water is the main ingredient. A cheap improvement? Use an RV filters. Takes out a bunch of stuff. Saw u are already using metabisulphate - good. But you won't need it if you get a decent RO system. Starting from scratch (clean, low PPM of dissolved solids) and...

Got the buckeye hydro RO system installed - first did the system flush on the pre-filters for 10 minutes, put in the RO membrane, followed by 3 gallons of permeate (clean RO water) which I dumped before use on beer day. Installed a dual TDS meters on the incoming and outgoing water lines...

Just poured an HB Mocha Stout and was thrilled to hear the bubble/gurgle of the Märzen fermentation. Brewers win 10-2. Packers now 24-6. Cubs lost. What a nice day.

Decided it was time to step up to RO water. Install tomorrow - excited for the first RO'd batch of clean water. Another happy buckeye hydro dude.

HB American Pale Ale. Called Magnum PA. Tasty. Gracie approves.

Depending on the recipe - a 6.5 g should be able to handle a 5 g batch to the fermenter. Might wanna use some foam "chill" drops. Can't recall the name. Been doing 5 g in 6.5 corny with no problems but all lower ABV recipes (5.5% or less).

Love me some PBW too. Shiny/happy

HB German Pilsner time. Beer-thirty.