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I brewed that recipe a while back and mine definitely finished drier than 1.015. What yeast did you use? I used US-05 and it finished around 1.010. The beer was decent, with a mild amber sweetness but not buttery at all. Also, how long has it been? The recommended wait is about 30 days for...

A major tip for anyone fiddling with these machines: Always have water in both the boil tank and the mash tank!!! That goes for developer mode or when upgrading software or the microcontroller. Last night I decided to update the software and microcontroller in my eBay B20. Bought a new 16gb...

Here is the link to the Hot Rod heat stick: https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/hotrodrtu.htm I had it bent 170 degrees, but 90 or straight works just fine, depending on your possible other intended uses. 1650 ULWD element with the 15amp plug so you can use the speed controller I linked...

Hey Nate, when I was having this issue I went out and bought a Hot Rod Heat stick to supplement the boil but never got around to using it because I then received the B+ and they seem to have fixed the boil temp issue. I see no reason why a Hot Rod wouldn't do well to supplement the boil, with...

It might depend on what software is running? I got to 209F on my ebay B20 unit running 3.0. Or it could be the thermal cutoff switch cycling. I have by-passed the boil tank switch in my B+.

As I understand things B20 and B+ images are not interchangeable. While there are 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 images out there for both machines they are different. Just FYI if you are going to upgrade your software make sure you pull down the correct image.

Is that the taiwan website we have been posting? For that price, you may as well buy another ebay unit and harvest the parts as you need them.

Hah, well I assume it’s a ratio of water to vinegar. 4 parts water 1 part vinegar, but I doubt it needs to be that precise.

From the Brewie repair manual: Cleaning IMPORTANT: Only food grade chemicals (vinegar) can be used for cleaning the tanks inside. Do not use any chemicals to clean the tanks. After switching off the machine it has to be cleared inside-out. For the interior cleaning (inside the tanks), use...

In my experience they need to be that open so as to not restrict flow during recirculation. As it is they get very gunked up by the end of the brew. Also why there are limits on the amount of hops you can put in a cage. If you don’t close the mash lid during boil, the cages will actually rise...

I think it’s truly a crapshoot for the eBay units. I went with a listing that said the tanks looked new. Here was my listing: This item is a customer return and has not been fully tested. For Parts Only. Reported issue: N/A Visually we can report the following: Cover: Looks Used Tanks: Looks...

Sounds about right for a 15amp plug. Burner is rated at 1800 watts.

More information here hacking in. http://think.gusius.com/brewie-sniffing-the-control-board-uart/ Credit and kudos to the user. Maybe they are already a member here?

Thankfully the 15amp internal fuse blew quickly. Got a new one and back up and running tonight. Still working out and testing this eBay B20 unit. So far everything checks out mechanically.

Looks like it is back up, at least for me. https://univision-taiwan.wixsite.com/univision/store I am very tempted to email them to buy a few valves, maybe the LCD screen. I have purchased a ton of things through Alibaba and Aliexpress, always sketchy but the stuff shows up eventually. I...

Not sure this has been posted before, but the 3.0 software has a debug menu similar to dev mode. You punch in !#43373# in the recipe search field and the test menu comes up. You can open and close all valves and test the pumps and heaters independently. Just don't put both heaters on at the same...

My timing is about the same but I set everything up the night before for my brewie. When I wake I hit the start button and monitor the action with my phone. My only hands on time is about 15 mins at the end to transfer and clean in place. For my robobrew, I really dislike the lift basket...

I agree, the parts alone are worth $250 to me and that is why I bought a backup $250 B20 from ebay. Back in the day I paid more than $250 just for a chiller when I built my own system. Throw in the pumps and valves and barbed connections and I could build something with all this stuff.

Auto mashing, auto sparging, auto hopping, auto chilling and clean-in-place. To my knowledge, no other system does all of that and these are the reasons I will continue to use and repair my brewie for as long as I can. I have a back-up robobrew and there is no comparison to a brewie in terms...