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You can also go DIY on the glycol chiller. I have a chest freezer I had been using but after getting the cf5 I didn’t really want to mess with selling it and buying a upright as I still use it for my ss brew bucket. It was a fun project and cost me around $100 (craigslist AC). I plan on...

Sorry, I misspoke the hop cages are more coarse See pics hop cage vs 600micron basket then the basket vs my hop spider

My mash basket is 600 micron,larger holes than the standard 400 mash baskets and finer than the hop cages. My hop basket is likely 300 or 400 micron. I bought it for my eBIAB setup...it one that hangs on the side of the kettle l that you can find pretty much anywhere. Since the basket...

Yes, My guess is it’s from the superheating of the wort under the mesh that is around 1/8” above the bottom, not hop material. That said, my guess is that hop material would make it worse if the heater is on and the basket is sitting directly on the bottom. I think my hop basket is a finer...

Isn’t the heat source directly under the bottom? I got scorching by placing my wire mesh hop basket (not my grain basket) directly on the bottom for 5min without anything in it.

I’m also excited about using my basket for the whirlpool addition hops. Correct me if I’m wrong, but scorching will occur if the basket is in the boil side during the actual boil. I placed my hop spider in the boil side for the last 5min to sanitize and had some scorching at the bottom of the...

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I have the basket and no lid and never had the mash close to overflowing the basket.

$104 from NB

Looking forward to giving Mecca Grade malt a try and restocked some go-to hops.

Cool, post some pics when you are done. I ended up just building a square plywood box, painted it black and added casters and hinged lid. I was able to tuck it away in a corner and store some misc brewing equipment on it. It’s chilling 6gal of Medusa /Strata IPA in my spike unitank as we speak.

I wish the progress screen would tell you exactly which step it is on or a countdown to the next step (ie mash step 1 time remaining, hop cage 1 time remaining, etc) I’m always peeking to see if and which hop cages are running to see where it is at. Also, it seems like there is a delay for the...

Anything notable new in the beta other than the dry run protection?

I brewed Saturday and was still at 3.1.1.

Yeah, I have returns on each floor of my house. The basement return is is not in the brewery but still in the basement. I’m sure most of the smell mostly just percolates up through the floor though (I have exposed joists). Either way, the smell is mostly eliminated by running the drain to the...

I agree, I have 5-6 brews now with the condenser and after the first brew with a the condensate running into a bucket (sharp DMS smell lingered for 3-4hrs) I ran some PVC to my sump and run my drain to the PVC and smell is much more tolerable. I expect brewing in a garage has a lot less impact...

I got the email asking if I knew what this is but didn’t say what it was after you clicked on it? I googled it and it was a new fermentation monitor....not sure if this is what they are promoting or something similar or just a random question?

I just sprinkle some PBW in run a couple short cleans along with a sponge and a rinse and then a deep clean every 3rd brew..In my opinion manual mode needs to be programmable to really shine. I would love program my own cleaning regiment. I would be interested in how you are using it though.

I just ordered another sight glass to put the exact same setup together on my Spike unitank. Curious, do you know how many ounces of pellets will fit in the sight glass? EDIT - sorry, read in a previous post 3-4oz

I would start by not double milling. I single mill at about a credit card gap and get 69-70% efficiency. Even with that, I dial the flow back over halfway on the recirc. I also bought a brewhardware .com BIAB false bottom I’ll use every now and then and increase the flow a little more if I like.