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Do you mean the false bottom? I'm fairly certain it is necessary to ensure that particles that escape the malt pipe do not clog the pump. At least the videos I saw all started with putting the false bottom in first. Though you do raise an interesting point!

I did see this video but it didn't register that this might well be the thing. Interesting. Thank you,

Fair enough but there should be some solution for the wild overshooting, no? For instance, my mash temp was set for 65 but it went to 72 and then came down.

That makes sense! Thank you. Will do. Have you guys here played around with the PID settings? I typically brew only 10L (2.5G) batches. Is there a setting that has worked for anyone here?

Well, that solves for human (read: my) stupidity then! The only potential issue I was thinking of was maybe some heat dissipation / retention issues in the small area between the malt pipe and the brewery's walls but perhaps I am overthinking it! Thank you, this is excellent news!

Ha ha. Touche. I am used to dumping grains in my mash tun as well. Guess old habits die hard. And on that note, I am wondering if we can just leave the malt pipe in when the heating to mash temp is happening. In theory I do not see a problem with it but I have not really seen any videos where...

Just made my first batch using the Gen 4 yesterday. A simple SMaSH with Citra hops. The setup was simple enough but there was a severe facepalm moment right up top. Once the mash temp was reached, I put in the grains and only after 5 minutes realized that the malt pipe was sat outside in all its...

Update: Heard back from kegland (through the distributor) and it looks like the unit should not even be switched on without water in it. Seems a bit weird seeing that they have a computer there - with which one can do OTA updates etc, but, well, that was the response.

Just got the 35L Gen 4 delivered (I live in India and was able to get the 240V one). Set it up on the RAPT portal and it there is already one OTA update (which I did). A weird thing though - when I first switched it on, the heating element went on and the temp went in excess of 126c. Hit the...

Slightly tangential but please do bear with me: OK so I ordered the 3.1.1. Now, the thing is that before I bought it, I had a conversation with the owner of the store (I live in India and this is one of the two official Kegland suppliers here). In India, it is fairly expensive (~400USD) and so...

Couple of more question before I pull the trigger on the Brewzilla: 1. Do I need to get the whirlpool arm? Does it actually help? 2. I will brew mostly only 10L batches. Given this, would the hop spider even reach that depth? And hence the question - should I buy this? Thank you.

Super! Thank you so much for the tip. Appreciate it!

Got it. I was just wondering if I need to invest in a hop spider or if I could just use a hop bag that I had (or not use anything at all). Looks like it isn't necessarily required as long as I take care of the recirculation bit. Thank you!

Nice! Thank you! Also, would it work without the hop spider? I am reading both that it does and does not clog the pump if hops are directly chucked in.

Hullo! I am considering getting a brewzilla 35 3.1.1. My current setup is a super rudimentary mash tun + stainless steel kettle to boil. I only make 2.5 gallon batches and was wondering if the unit would be too big for it. If anyone has made / continues to make this batch size, would love to...