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    Spike Complete System

    When a component fails on my new Toyota truck that is under warranty I don't go to the part's manufacture for support who may have had a new employee on the line. Does spike not sell this as a system or are they just drop shipping crap?
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    Picobrew Z

    Speidel - german co. Gives an s about quality, customer needs and knows a thing or two about brewing and manufacturing. Long history in brewing. Polar opposite of shysterbrew.
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    Spike Complete System

    I hear ya but for to have to go through the aggravation and wait - when you should be brewing sucks. Hopefully Spike ups their QC on these before shipping them.
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    Picobrew Z

    Glad I got out. My 3 vessel that I replaced my Z2 pre-order with is probably quicker/simpler to clean. Only downside is I can't yet let it brew in my sleep but I can probably count on 1 hand the number of times that truly went without a hitch on the Zymatic.
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    PicoPaks - REUSABLE?

    Have at it. I sold my Zymatic so I don't have anyway to test or continue work. Got the urge to go full retard and went 20 gallon e-herms. https://github.com/brewfreedom/ZymaticBridge/wiki/Picobrew-ZymaticBridge
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    PicoBrew Zymatic

    Its almost 2019! Where are the reviews on people who have gotten the Z?
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    PicoPaks - REUSABLE?

    Only issue you will run into is if the web server (properly) rejects non ascii headers. The zymatic throws some extra crap over the wire in the request. IIS doesnt care but I had to fork Kestrel to work around it. Havent tried it with nginix.
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    PicoPaks - REUSABLE?

    Did they ever do SSL on the little picos? I know the zymatic was http only so api backend spoofing worked. I ran one for a while before selling mine. If it is just http then chance are its the same api as the zymatic which means its game on for anyone with 5 minutes to extend the handful of...
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    Spike Complete System

    Are they shipping you a new pid or just a whole new panel? Kind of lame to have to play tag with their vendor (EBS) and start teardown/troubleshoot on something so new and expensive.
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    PicoBrew Zymatic

    Wait i thought the zymatic and the z were “pro” level gear based on their marketing? So they arent using wiring capable of handling 3-4 hours of heat per session? What a potentially dangerous pile of garbage.
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    Picobrew Z

    Also the braumeister system if you want polish and almost full automation. With these auto biab systems you will still need to touch things now and then. Even the Zymatic was only hands free on that rare day you get lucky and nothing went wrong. BTW how are those Z's that have been flying out...
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    10 gallon vs 20 gallon capacity?

    With the right setup a 20 should be able to scale from 5-15. Did just that for my spike+ kettles. They adjusted the brew kettle so I could wirpool down to 5. Can stuff up to 14 under pressure in my cf10 so I will probably not be doing too many full 15 gallon batches.
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    Is GFCI really needed?

    Yup. Emailing the electrician. Because I asked for GFCI and he knew what this was begin installed for.
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    Is GFCI really needed?

    Possible stupid question. When I had my electrician wire up my 30amp in the garage I asked for GFCI on the breaker. Anyone know if this is what I'm looking at. Might need to give him a call back if not.
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    Brew-Boss Opinions

    Looks like a solid system. I was very close to pulling on it when I decided to just go old school w the piecemeal 3v e-herms. I have a hosehead though so it will be sort of automated and when you add up the time spent dealing w the Zymatic issues will still be a shorter brew day per gallon since...
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    Picobrew Z

    New owner of my zymatic is having a That is over a year from launch of the money grab. At what point do they begin denying refunds? When units begin shipping or when your unit ships? This sounds like an attempt to stop the bleed if they deny refunds once they begin shipping. Even if it means...
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    Is Automated Brewing for Me?

    With the Zymatic it depends solely on - "Am I ok with only 2.5g"? The second you start doing double batches its a lot more work than a 3 vessel or BIAB setup. Double everything and to be honest the system is an unreliable POS once you put some mileage on it. Im talking 25 batches in will be your...
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    Calling All Metal Fans

    With zero radio play and promotion they sell the fckin place out and tear it down every time they come here. A lot of fun live.
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    Calling All Metal Fans

    Korpiklanni next week at the Baltimore soundstage. They are always a blast.
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    Picobrew Z

    If Doug had been able to control his mouth on social media I probably would not have cancelled. That concerned me a bit. I can understand if he is a principal engineer with some actual background in this stuff + knows more than how to read a script and answer help desk tickets. That isnt the...
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