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I have the BrewPi shield and I don't recall a backlight pot. There is a contrast pot that needs to be adjusted, but not one for the backlight. Because the backlight eventually turns off (roughly after about ten minutes of inactivity from the encoder), I would guess that Elco has one of the...

Bummer, man! The ones I picked up from Radio Shack were fine, but I do recommend avoiding the plastic 1/8" stereo plugs. Go for the nickel plated ones as they don't get fried from simply soldering them like the plastic ones do.

For now, I'll just be doing fermentations with a single carboy. Eventually, I will need to have separate BrewPi units (ganged off a single RPi) to provide individual heating control. As for the FermWrap... I certainly hope that condensation inside a fridge won't cause it to short! It would...

Yes, I considered this. But, it would seem possible to be able to use a FermWrap to control fermentation temps even with the chest freezer at a lower temp for serving out of corny kegs. It would be particularly cool if the BrewPi could control both. I know this could be done by simply adding...

So just a quick question for those of you that are old hat using the BrewPi... I built one of these and just purchased a new Maytag 14.8 cubic foot chest freezer for fermentation. The system is working great thus far, but... Is there a way to have the chest freezer act as a combo keezer...

Yeah, I seem to recall him tinkering with this, but it seems it has been a while. Does it look like this is happening soon? I do like the simplicity of Doug Edey's StrangeBrew Elsinore. I'd like to use this to control gas-fired kettles, so whichever solution makes this easier will be the way...

Yeah, it seems to work well. If wired correctly, this makes for a cheap and reliable method for connecting probes. I'm contemplating building a Strangebrew Elsinore to control my BIAB setup, and will likely go this route for my temp probes and 1-wire switches.

I actually drank some of this at their abbey in Kelheim. It was a great trip, with a boat cruise down the Danube through incredible granite banks, enjoying some Weltenburger along the way), a wonderful tour through the abbey and grounds, and then a relaxing time in their biergarten. I would love...

Actually, no problem hot-plugging these. When you insert or remove the jack, there is a momentary interruption of the 1-wire bus, but this is quickly resolved once the plug is fully inserted. The key is to make sure that the 5V line is on the tip and the ground is on the sleeve of the TRS jack...

Thanks! Yep. I almost gave up on them and went with RJ45 jacks. However, if the 5V is on the tip, there are no problems. If a probe is not fully plugged in, the ground and data line are shorted, but this only blocks the 1-wire bus. No issues with shorting the 5V line (basically the same thing...

Thanks! I wasn't sure this was going to work, because although the RPi is pretty compact on its own, when all of its needed accessories are attached (e.g. SD card, USB/LAN cables, etc), it takes up quite a bit of that project case. BTW, the WiFi dongle seems to be working just fine despite being...

Here's my BrewPi implementation. I wanted to minimize the size of this to roughly the footprint of an STC1000 controller. I picked up a RadioShack project box, and ordered Elco's BrewPi shield and 20 x 4 LCD display (arrived in 3 days from the Netherlands to California...Thanks Elco!). I also...

I have a Blichmann burner and have pimped it out with one of those electronic spark ignitors (Brinkmann) I picked up at Home Depot. I have noticed that it is necessary to bring the gas up a bit to start because at low flow, there is not enough air drawn into the front of the burner by venturi...

Hey, I need to try that! I knew I was missing something. :)

I have been brewing for several years with my brew buddy's 3 vessel RIMS system and decided to set up my own. But after reading about BIAB, we decided to try it out first and had good success. So, I have set up my own system and it works great. I've had very good luck with my BIAB brews overall...

I agree, Yooper. Handling a super hot bag of wet grain is not fun, especially with an 11 gallon batch. So, I've rigged up an Alton Brown-ish turkey derrick and it works great. I have a retractable aluminum ladder and spread it over the kettle. I use a chain around the top rungs to rig up a...

That's kind of what I figured would happen. The tools we have to determine "conversion" aren't really suited to testing the fermentability of the wort. Instead, they simply reflect the level of starch extraction and breakdown of these to shorter polysaccharides. So, in the end, while it might be...

There are plenty of places online such as: https://www.midwestsupplies.com/amylase-enzyme-1-lb.html?utm_medium=feeds&utm_source=google&gclid=Cj0KEQjwjtGfBRCN4-LU9ODG1-wBEiQAy_Xp7_sCtP7jkzmDSh-4t061vQDh6xXmMlqxt_NrV7JdmDsaAoBM8P8HAQ Also, your LHBS likely has some. It's great insurance for...

Actually, this could be done, and is sort of the basis for docoction mashing. The issue would be having enough enzymes to fully convert the remaining oligosaccharides into simple sugars. Moreover, you will be changing the recipe by doing so. Adding some diastatic powder gives you a means to...

You could certainly add DME if your main concern was to improve the final ABV of the beer, but you would not be impacting the mashing of the extracted oligosaccharides. In the end, adding DME to an underconverted mash will give you a higher ABV, but you will still end up with a sweet and/or...