I spent most of the day celebrating St. Arnulf's birthday with a homebrewer, drinking our brews.
St. Arnulf of Metz, 582-645, is known as the patron saint of brewers.
He was a Frankish bishop of Metz.
In English, he is known as St. Arnold.
An everyday beer for lunch, my Kölsch.
@TheDudeLebowski "Fellows at my current job are not my friends 🤔" Drink real beers with them, and they will be friends forever. :D
"From an appearance standpoint, there should be some head, some lacing and in the case of most German Lagers, a crystal clarity."
:mischievous::bigmug:
"Like be able to watch and control it all from my office." Great. Will you be able to control your brewing system also at the equipment location or only from your office?
" There’s no reason to keep your old controllers for temp display." For redundancy, it's a great idea. In case of automation failure, he switches back to PID control. All or most of the old components may work with the automation, too. Redesigning the circuit gives him both options.
"Don't want to drill any/too many more holes into my SS vessels." I may have a solution for you. Replace the current temp sensor with a dual-element sensor. You connect one to your PID and one to your controller. I have dual-element temp sensors on all important brewing stations as backup in...