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5 months later I finally kegged this. It is wonderful.

I finally kegged the RIS. Oh man...It’s really good. I may have to brew this one again.

I use 5 gal of water for a basic 12 lb batch now. So right around 1.7 qts/lb. Early on I was mashing in with 4 gallons, which was a little thick, so upped it after seeing what you guys were doing. Will up it to 6 gallons for a bigger beer...15-16 lbs. I just sparge until I have the right...

ABV is around 6%.

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162* is pasteurization temp, right?

I have never set heat to hold the temperature. We are told that it is important to cool the wort as soon as possible to avoid infection. But then use heat to maintain temperature? Hmmm. This is a quandary, isn’t it? I just put in my chiller, connect the hose, etc. By the time I threw in hops, it...

Good deal. Glad to hear. I’ve been using a hop basket for all the bittering hops. For hops added at flame out, I put them in a bag, since the basket would be in the way of the chiller. I don’t have one of the whirlpool arms yet. I put in the immersion chiller, the hops, and turn on the pump to...

This recipe has become one of my favorites. I’ve brewed several variations depending on supplies on hand, and have a batch on tap at the moment. Yes, it is best with Pilsner malt. I wouldn’t call it sweet. As the OP said above, Pilsner malt gives it a bread maltiness. The hops shine through...

Deciding what to brew today. And what to do with the beer in the fermenter. I need more kegs! Lol.

Thanks. It's not alot of work. And I had the wood. But don't want to go into production. Too much other work to do.

Thought I would show the stirring paddle I made. They had some at the LHBS, and I thought...I can make one of those!

You could substitute a couple lbs of DME for some of the grain? I did a RIS in my 35L Robobrew, and it was kinda nerve racking. I hit numbers, but am not sure I would do it again. It was close to that much grain, in a 9 gallon unit. Next time I will just add some DME.

I don't know. I looked it up. Seems that yours isn't programmable.

Mine must be v3.1.1

Sounds like you got a good deal. At least a couple of us have upgraded the circuit boards. My unit was the v3.0. 35L, 110v. It ran like a champ for a couple years, and then burned out. Now it has v3.1. The display says Brewzilla instead of Robobrew. You have to change the display board along...

I am curious about the scorching error. I have never seen it on my system. What version do you have? As far as I know, the boil over usually happens at the break. In general, I just crank it up. I have seen some people say that they don’t get a strong boil with this system. It’s not been a...

Thanks for telling your story. Sounds like a successful day. It looks like beer! So are you saying that you had very little boil off? I normally start the boil with close to 7 gallons. I don’t just add water, because I want to extract any fermentables from the grain that is still there. So I...

That sounds about right. I do shorter rests at 122 and 132. Then 30 mins at 142 and 158. Then ramp up to 170 for mash out for 20 mins. And then it's set to 220 to boil. So, I use all 6 times. I lift the basket and start to sparge once it hits 170. My sparge water is at 170. Usually by the time I...

I didn't use it for a long time, but have been using it as of late...mostly when doing lagers using Pilsner malt. It seems to me that the auto feature might be one of the real strengths of these units. It makes step mashing easy.