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    IBU Assay: where to get chemicals?

    I've measured the pH of three of my beers. They were all 6.0 +/- .1 For this IBU test what is the target pH? Thanks, Paul
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    Speidel Braumeister (brewmaster)

    Approximately 10 amps. The manual specifies minimum fuse size as 10 amps. It states that the heating coil is 2000 watts and the pump motor 23 watts. This computes to a little less than 10 amps at 240 volts.
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    Speidel Braumeister (brewmaster)

    Probably not. The stove/dryer connections are probably 50 to 60 amp connections. It is highly unlikely that anyone makes a 15 amp C13 to connect to a 50 amp circuit.
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    Speidel Braumeister (brewmaster)

    No. Your clothes dryer plug would need to be replaced with the L20-6R... probably not something that you want to do. I installed a separate L20-6R receptacle at my brew station, not in my utility room where the clothes dryer resides. I did not realize that you wanted to user your clothes...
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    Speidel Braumeister (brewmaster)

    No. Sorry if I misled you. The male plug on the cord I linked you to is NOT a mate to an electric clothes dryer outlet. It requires a matching L20-6R receptacle available at most local hardware stores.
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    Speidel Braumeister (brewmaster)

    Yes. I bought one of each length.
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    Speidel Braumeister (brewmaster)

    These are for the 20L.
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    Speidel Braumeister (brewmaster)

    For the 20L 5ft NEMA L6-20P to C13, 14/3 SJT (15A 250V) AC Power Cord L6-20 Plug to IEC 60320 C13 Connector 15 Feet 15a/250v 14/3
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    Speidel Braumeister (brewmaster)

    The pump has stopped when you lift the malt pipe and all the grain has settled to the bottom. As you lift the malt pipe you are raising the grain with the false bottom. As you lift it, it is heavy (laden with soaked grain) and the water is falling out the bottom. At the point where the false...
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    Speidel Braumeister (brewmaster)

    The pump pulls water from the port in the bottom of the kettle that is outside of the malt pipe. If forces water up through the port nearer the center of the kettle and up through the malt pipe, pushing the grain bed up. I found the hard way, by failing to answer the prompt after the last...
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    Speidel Braumeister (brewmaster)

    I have found that a minimum of 20L is required to keep the heating coil covered with water when the pump fills the malt pipe to overflowing and leaves little water in the kettle outside of the malt pipe. Another poster modified his malt pipe with a ring of holes down a few inches from the...
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    Speidel Braumeister (brewmaster)

    This power cord available on Amazon will plug directly into the Braumeister 20L. Use a matching L6-20R (also available from local hardware stores) and no cutting of cables is required.
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    Speidel Braumeister (brewmaster)

    Boil-off varies somewhat with the barometric pressure and your ground elevation, since with low pressure and high altitude aggressive boil can easily be obtained, but with high pressure and low altitude an aggressive boil requires more than 100C. For me 3.6L / hour with the lid off works...
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    Speidel Braumeister (brewmaster)

    My 20L has been pretty consistent in 10 brews from October til now in ramping the temp at 1C/min. (For example to go from mashout of 76C to boil at 100C takes 24 minutes). I'm in North Texas and usually brew on days when the temp are around 50F in the morning with a high in the mid 60s in the...
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    Speidel Braumeister (brewmaster)

    My 20L has been pretty consistent in 10 brews from October til now in ramping
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    Speidel Braumeister (brewmaster)

    I have tuned my BeerSmith profile for the Braumeister 20L over a half dozen brews now. Will share it with the group in the pic attached. NOTES: Batch Volume: 19.5 liter is how much I put in a 5 gal carboy keg, leaving no head space. Aerate thoroughly while the carboy has head space...
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    Speidel Braumeister (brewmaster)

    Interesting.... I'll have to remember that.
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    Speidel Braumeister (brewmaster)

    Check for water in the electronics.
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    Speidel Braumeister (brewmaster)

    One more variable. In addition to the batch size you get out of the kettle, if you are using a pre-made starter, you will have that much more to go into the carboy. You can account for that in BeerSmith also. I've not been using a pre-made starter (that's another topic for later). So my...
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    Speidel Braumeister (brewmaster)

    I have a 20L not a 50L, but perhaps the following will still be useful to you. I fill wort up to the neck of my 5 gal carboy. That means about 20L (5 gal + 1L up to the neck.). In doing so I have had wort left that would not fit into the carboy that I threw away or used later for a starter...
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