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Thanks for the thoughts Setesh. When we stirred it the first time, the bed was definitely severely compressed like you mentioned. Stirring it the first time and reducing the valve opening by about a 1/3 definitely helped for about 5 more minutes. Then the same thing happened. We tried...

Welp, the First Brew Day was a small disaster unfortunately! A picture of me crushing the ill-fated grains. Read on: We setup our mill at .042 on the gap, and ground our 14lbs of 2-Row and 3lbs of Caramel 20L. We skipped grinding the 1lb of Corn and 1lb of Flaked oats as we knew those...

@gwren @crane, You guys nailed it down, we figured that it may have been related to this after talking a bit more about it this morning. I'll get another AT run in tonight with some adjustments and a lower SV and it should be good to go. Thanks for the thoughts.

@heffe You are exactly right, I don't intend for the BK to be run in Automatic mode during the actual boil. Once I hit the boil, I will switch over to Manual and run it at a reduced power to prevent boil overs and maintain a nice calm rolling boil. I think after discussing it with my...

The Stout Fermenters do look nice, I need to do a bit more research before I decide one way or the other on them. At this point, they seem like a solid value though. Update on the Brewery 2/20. Auto Tuning the PIDS (Auber SYL-2352): Yesterday evening I filled the HLT up as if I were going...

1oz per 1gallon jug is too high a concentration. 1oz is good for 5gal of water according to the standard mixing instructions. As for keeping starsan, it will last for a few weeks, if you're planning on longer I would not pre-dilute it as it can loose potency depending on the water it is...

These are pretty solid value kettles. I took a serious look at them before I decided to make the full jump. http://www.homebrewing.org/One-Weld-9-Gallon-Stainless-Steel-Pot_p_1683.html

Thanks guys, will update with the efficiency numbers as soon as I run the first batch. I made a few changes and decided to go with a more ale-oriented yeast (WYEAST 1056) for the first run. Brewed up a 1lt starter to give it a jump start and give me a few more cells to spread across the 2x 5...

In beersmith 2, I was estimating efficiency at ~80% based on all the threads and feedback I've read on similar systems. I suspect that since this is my first go, it could come out a little lower, but who knows until I actually fire it up!

Good question. I'm going to do one more water-only run before the weekend to check for any last hiccups (leaks). I'm planning on Auto-tuning then, but the PIDS are indeed programmed. There are really only a couple of settings that need to be configured before they are ready to go, so that...

I think I understand what @kenh was driving at, that safe wiring in the panel and attention to detail in the work building the elements and kettles is the likely the most important when creating a safe electric brewing system. With that being said, I have to agree with @augie that even with...

Putting together the Grain Bill for this evening's trip to Adventures in Homebrewing. The plan is a Session IPA as I mentioned before, in the vein of Founder's All Day. Roughly Planning on WLP862 for the yeast with a starter. Wouldn't mind getting it up around 4.8-5% if possible, so I may...

any thoughts on replacing with another variety, or should i just axe all but an ounce? Also, should that remaining ounce be used in the dryhop only to avoid extracting that soapy flavor?

Element Kits are priced fairly here: http://www.ebrewsupply.com/shop/ebrew-kits/elements/element-package.html I bought 2 of these, assembled according to Kal's site and they work great. These also come with the male side of the twist lock, which is nice.

I've really been enjoying Founders AD Ipa lately and wanted to make an attempt to brew this as well on my new system. Curious if anyone has done a side by side tasting with the most recent recipe and really noted how close we're getting on this. I've got the following grain bill drawn up for...

I am planning on posting a video, but not immediately. I want to get the first brew day under my belt so I am more familiar with the system before I talk about it live action!

Pids were ordered directly from Auberins.com (I paid a little extra for the auber name, for sure). Temperature probes are the Auber ones as well, but I ordered them from Kal's shop which included the necessary components to build the sheathed cable that plugs into the panel. Paid the...

Planning a Saturday test batch. Still drawing up the grain bill, but likely a session ipa based loosely on the All-Day clone receipe on here.

Was about to send you a message. It absolutely DOES NOT work. If I turn it to high, it runs, 66% and 33% settings do not spin at all. I'm switching it to a basic on-off switch, as even at maximum speed, the fan is barely audible in the kitchen above (which was my only immediate concern)...

Absolutely excellent. Love how you worked around the utilities in the space and still managed to get an armchair in there. Great looking build, congrats!