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I'm actually not sure the Brew Boss ramps down either. I'll have to check. I want to say it stays at 100% until boil is reached. The boil indicator is a 45 second timer each degree. If the timer goes the full 45 seconds without the temperature increasing another degree, the program starts...

Oh ok I see what your say. I'm actually not sure how Brew Boss works. I'll have to remember to watch it next batch. I know I'm never close to a boil over. I get a good hot break but it's nowhere near the top of the kettle. I could see that being annoying. Makes it a little more hands on...

Not being able to use a tablet is a big downside for me. I love that feature with the Brew Boss. With the boil, cant you set the percentage you want the element to be on during the boil? So couldnt you set it to say 60% to tamp to boil and then drop it down to 35% once it reaches boil. I'm...

Why do you need to use mash to ramp to boil? Couldnt you set it to boil at 100% and then change the power to 35% once you see it reach 211 and it is boiling? How do you change the percentage? Is it a number pad and you save it each time you want to adjust the number? What features, that you...

Could you explain this a little further? Right now I use a Brew Boss system. Boil works by going 100% until it reaches the set boil temp for 45 seconds then the power goes down to what the user inputs into the parameters for boil percentage. How does the BC work? Is the power always on at...

Hey Jay, sorry for the delayed response. I had to go a different route. The filter I had wasn't working like I wanted so I gave up on it and went back to my old set up. I do have another piece that I need. Basically just a 2.5" long corny keg gas dip tube. I was going to buy beer out dip...

My Spike kettle was custom made so the ports aren't were the standard ports are.

I have a heating element, temp probe and dip tube with Hop Stopper 2.0 in the middle in 15 gallon Spike kettle. So I think I'd just need 3 openings with nothing in the middle for the element and Hop Stopper 2.0

This is a common issue with all pumps not just Brew Boss. You need to allow air to escape so water flows down to the pump.

Hey Jay, do you make custom false bottoms?

With dry yeast there is no need to aerate. I emailed Fermentis about this. They said the way they propagate and package the yeast, there is no demand of oxygen from the yeast. They are capable of budding and splitting up to 10 times without oxygen. Adding oxygen won't hurt but it isn't...

So let me gets this right, as a business owner if you ruined property of someone you aren't working for, you wouldn't fix it? I don't care how tough the job is or how tight the lawn is, if you need to use the neighbors property you have to ask first. And if you ruin anything, you must fix it...

I also never rehydrate. I just pitch a little more

Has anyone transferred this beer to a keg with spunding valve to finish fermenting and carbonate? The fermentation schedule pushes the beer out to fully ferment then force carb.

Sorry if you posted this before but can you post your recipe?

As much as I love reading about home brewing, I'm not sure I want to read 75 pages of posts right now (maybe when I have more time). Is there a close to finalized recipe that can be posted on the first post so new readers can easily see it?

I agree with @RPh_Guy. Calcium carbonate does sound odd to use. And salt isn't really necessary unless you like the taste. And I also agree that mash pH adjusting on the fly is useless. It takes too long for the mash pH to stabilize. You use a calculator to get close and take notes for next...

Really the reason why I do it is because my first pH meter (Hanna) didn't seem to read correctly if I didn't swirl it. I'll test it with the MW102. I'll swirl for a second and then let it sit until equalized in the two solutions then test it 15 minutes later in 4.01

But if I do the same at calibration, wouldn't that equal out? The unit reads 4.01 and 7.01 while gently swirling so it would read correct while reading a wort sample doing the same swirling motion?

Yeah that is what I do. Very slow swirl.