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How many amps on the outlet? How old is your wiring?

Good to hear on the basket. I suspected it was too much stirring. I highly recommend fermcap for insurance against boilovers. Always used it and have never had a boil over.

I had one brew that came out really high (like 90% calc eff) and I had to dilute with bottled water. I suspect my machine needed to be calibrated again and was under on final volume. I calibrated and the next brew was spot on.

For my last brew (a free Brewie pad) my grain was pre-milled and the hops were in separate pouches. I have my dump hoses hard wired to my sump so don't have to be around for chilling: -5 mins pouring the grain into my basket that was already in the MLT and putting the hops in the hop cages...

Great video man, well done, and the perfect length to highlight everything. I'm sure you wanted to keep it vanilla, but next time fermcap might be a nice tip to avoid a boil over.

65-70% depending on the grain bill.

I’ve brewed 8% beers pretty easily with brewie. No issues.

Yes, full volume continuous recirculation. No more ph concerns than any other mash, 10 gal mash, 20 gal mash. It is all the same ph concern, if you have one with your water. The full volume continuous recirculation is basically the "sparge" step in the Brewie now. If I wanted to skip the...

The ring of particles is the high water mark that is set at mash in. After mash in, the level settles a bit below that line once the grain absorbs the water. I maxed my mash tun volume so there was quite a bit of volume above the grain bed for this brew. The basket deflects the recirc port...

No rice in my beers man. j/k I did not use rice hulls and the sediment is about what I got on the one that scorched with bags, so I am satisfied with my basket. See also this thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/brew-in-a-basket-anybody-try-one-of-these.575674/page-2 I just...

Flawless brew day with my B+. Boil made it to 209F. I will take it. I haven’t replaced my thermal switch yet or the wires that Brewie sent me so the wires could maybe get me above 209. 90 min step mash from 144 to 153 with a 45 min sparge at 168. My recipe was 8.8lbs of marris otter into 4.7...

Design flaw of what? The basket has 4 other sides that the wort can spill over and keep enough volume under the false bottom. In volx's case, I really think the scorching was caused by too much stirring. I had a similar result when I used two Brewie bags and rotated them around and caused...

If you cause a lot of turbulence then you are creating moments when the element is almost dry firing so I would limit your stirring. I gently stir at mash in and at the beginning of the sparge. I suggest getting a 600 micron basket. I think 400 is too tight. 600 will help your flow. Was...

@volx if you are stirring like crazy you may be compounding your problem by causing air pockets under your false bottom. Here is a pic after one of my units scorched. I used the brewie bag for this brew. Brewie recalled this unit after the scorching.

Don’t think that is basket related. I had a mash tun burn issue on one of my original units. Brewie never told me what it was. They sent me the B+ instead.

AliExpress is totally legit. Ordered tons of stuff there for cars and other accessory stuff. Carbon fiber stuff. Never had a problem. Alibaba is more of the commercial bulk side. I’ve had an ok experience there but not perfect. I had to dispute a rather large purchase when the seller tried to...

I understand cost issues but the welds on the alibaba stuff are typically terrible. I had a long discussion with Chad about Chinese welding. Ultimately you get what you pay for.

I recommend 600 vs 400. I tried both and had better results with 600. 400 is a bit finer and there is a chance with a finer crush that the bottom could cake up. I saw some caking with the one brew that I did. The 600 did not cake and is easier to clean up. 400 doesn't drain as quickly so...

I designed it with Chad for my B+, so yes it does fit. It also fits the original b20 machine.