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Although my experience is on the 35L, everything you summarize and suggest makes sense. I don't approach my mash temp management the same way as you, but that could be due to the different capacity vessels. I feel the temp sensor in my unit is accurate, just not placed where it can accurately...

As luck would have it I’m shutting down my brewing until October as we’re taking a long overdue road trip out west. I’ll update when I finally do brew...

I went to Home Depot, could not confirm the diameter and thread. Assuming it’s an English thread, looks to be 1/2”, fine thread (HD only had coarse thread) - if memory serves me it could be 1/2”-32, but was not able to confirm. Instead I bought a stainless 3/8“ bolt, 2 washers, and nut. It fits...

I’ve double crushed once or twice but now I prefer to adjust my mill gap. My LHBS double crushes certain grains. I think it’ll help your efficiency for sure. I’m using a barley crusher and milled at the factory setting 0.039 for years and recently started tightening it up. At 0.037 and...

I set temps manually but have not done any step mashes. There's a lot of thermal mass in that mash though. The water in the bottom of the kettle will reach 168 a lot faster than the mash temp itself. I extended my 20 minute mash-out yesterday by a good 15 mins to get it up to 168.

Have you asked Sierra Nevada for some guidance? You never know...

I really could use a larger vessel but I'm pretty OK with my brew sessions in the 35L, save losing a little efficiency - no big deal the beer tastes good (to me anyway). I'll get as much as I can out of the 35L...

Yes, and I can always put it back in. My standard IPAs, other ales with 14lb or less are 70-80%, bigger beers in the 60s. It wasn’t always that good, and I did see an improvement when I started stirring the mash but also when I tighten up my mill gap. I’m still trying working on the ideal gap...

Agree, I always recirculate during mash and can tell right away if there’s poor flow and If so I stay close, restrict pump flow and cycle the pump if necessary.

I brew a lot of large grain bills (14-17 lb) and have permanently inserted a 4” silicon tube over the overflow pipe. Typically it’s extended high enough that overflow will go over the top edge of the mash pipe. I rarely use the top screen because I also typically stir the mash every 15 minutes...

Im not sure if it’ll make a difference in my brewing numbers as much as eliminating a function I never use and is sometimes is an annoyance. Yesterday I had just mashed in And the top section of the pipe separated and let a lot of grain into the boil kettle. I had to lift the malt pipe and pull...

Beersmith always gives me a grist ratio (qt water/lb grain) of 1.7, which works well for me. I’ll drop it to 1.6 for big grain bills. Agree with other posters here, you need to edit the equipment profile to dial it in for your preferences.

Ok, makes sense it’s English units (Australia), so it should be easy to match up the thread.

I just need to know diameter and thread, then find appropriate stainless bolt to fit. I’ll let y’all know if I figure it out...

Hey Robobrew people, I‘m done with the center pipe, it totally messed up my brew day today and I realized that I never use the overflow. Does anyone know of a stainless threaded bolt or some other solution that can be used to plug the hole in the mash pipe bottom?

Glad you’re up and running again!

I’m using 1.7 grist ratio (quart/lb), actually set by BeerSmith, up to ~15 lb and as low as 1.6 for >15 lb.

I’ve not seen that error myself. The manual calls E3 “boil dry protection” which comes down to the element being too hot. This looks like a software threshold on the temp sensor where it triggers if the reading is some value above boiling. My guess is if you're getting this error right away with...

Good question. I’ve developed all my current recipes on the Robobrew with a hop spider and it’s possible I’ve added more hops to offset lower utilization but I have no way of knowing for sure. I‘m hop heavy with all my recipes. I stir the hops fairly frequently during the boil and I extend my...

I use a hop spider for all my hops