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As I have stated before, I don't stir. I don't see a need to, and get consistent results. Partly, l like to just set and forget, and do other things for a while. The center pipe is a safety feature, so that the wort doesn't scorch. The top screen prevents grain from going down the center pipe...

I have always thought of it more like fly sparging because it is continuous. But I guess that if you let it drain each time before adding water you could make the case for batch.

So, what category of sparging is it with th Robobrew? In my case, I use the top screen. After lifting the basket, there is a pool of water on top of the grain. It slowly drains. I just keep adding water until there is a volume I am happy with.

I've switched back to ale yeast the past few batches, just to mix it up. But prior to that did almost all WF lagers for the past 6 months, and was brewing nearly every weekend. The Saflager 34/70 worked well, once I started pitching enough yeast. No special equipment, just sitting the fermenter...

From reading other posts in the past, you want to avoid sparging, is that right? Seems like one advantage to not sparging is that there is no need to heat sparge water. So I can see how it seems easier. It was a quandary for me until I figured out to use my wife’s Sous Vide unit in a small...

Same here.

You could do that. I bought the jacket with mine, which insulates the kettle. To me, a bag seems like it would be a pain to deal with, and I get along with the basket just fine.

Yes. Although you suggest that your idea is to use it as a mash tun when you do 10 gallon batches? Is that what you mean by a 2 keg brew? The 35L is really designed for 5 gallon batches. And the grain capacity is limited. The stated limit of a grain bill is 18 lbs, although some of us have fit...

I just can't bring myself to do that. It's a step too far! 😄

I'm guessing closer to 1.3 qt/lb. In reality, I mashed in the grain, and just added as much water as I could. So it wasn't exact. It was right on the verge of overflowing the holes in the malt pipe the whole time.

I did a 22lb grain bill using both the malt pipe and center tube in my 35L unit when I brewed the Russian Imperial Stout. So, it can be done. I left off the top screen, and added a piece of silicon tubing to the center pipe to get the column up. It was a thick mash, but it worked. I swore I...

There was a bunch of discussion about this previously.

I hadn’t looked recently, and didn’t see that it was available through Morebeer now. I stand corrected.

Not to mention that it is a mod that isn't even available.

When sparging, the basket is in the way of trying to see the volume. I guess, and lift the basket occasionally. So a sight glass would be handy.

I only have one main fermenter now. It is a 30L Speidel. Until recently I used the glass carboys, but lately they’ve just been backup. Or for secondary. I’ve started to do closed transfers using gravity from the spigot of the Speidel. Most of my beers ferment in a week, so I've just kept...

Same situation. I have a couple more kegs up and running now. They needed fittings. So now I have a couple IPA's, a couple lagers, a RIS, and a porter in kegs. There is a Bell's Two Hearted clone in the main fermenter that I brewed last weekend. I do have a couple glass carboys open if I get...

Mine is all stainless too. The only potential polycarbonate I am aware of is a sight glass modification, which isn’t available here. If memory serves, someone posted that Kegland had one, but not in the US.

I brewed last weekend. It was a Bell’s Two Hearted recipe which is still in the fermenter. The weekend before I did an amber lager. It’s in the keg, and turned out quite nice. I modified my procedure for adding hops at flameout on these last 2 batches. I put in the immersion chiller, but didn’t...

If memory serves, the top temperature range for 34/70 is in the low 70’s. 72*? I’ve done a bunch of batches using it in the last 6 months. Once I figured out to pitch 2 packs of dry yeast instead of 1, it worked great. I just sat the fermenter on the basement floor.