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Other than the operator error noted above, no. I'm using an iPad and it keeps chugging along...

Yep, that fixed it. I must have inadvertently changed it because up until now I never had to mess with it... Thanks Again!

Sheet is HERE...

Been successfully logging to Google sheets for a month or so and now it doesn't look like the report is updating, last entry was 23:52 last nite. However, the brewometer is still sending data because I can see data being added to Sheet 1. Any ideas?

My experience for higher gravity is that you really need to incorporate some kind of sparge, which requires more water and a longer boil. Consider THIS...

My hop bag attaches to the spider with a SS hose clamp so it can be adjusted in height to just above the heating element...

That's all I do. I'm still pitching from smack-packs of 1450, 1272 and 1318 that I bought over a year ago and I've been brewing almost every week this year. I just sanitize clean mason jars in starsan and after racking fill them from the spigot on my Speidel. Refrigerate and cap loosely for the...

DIY spider with Insinkerator flange, SS bolts and custom Wilser hop bag which is ~2X as big as his production hop bag. Periodically stir hops inside the bag during the boil.

I get the same thing as well, cleans off with a scotch brite. FWIW I always heat my PBW and rinse water to 150F minimum, usually closer to 160F, I recirculate both the PBW and rinse for 20 minutes and I still get those deposits...

I wouldn't hesitate to get the same setup I have now, the basic 15 gal Brew-Boss system + 500u basket from Arbor Fab. For larger beers with more than 16 or 17 lbs of grain I switch to a Wilser bag instead of the basket.

Good to know. FWIW, I use a diy spider with a custom WilserBrewer hop bag, it's about twice the size of his standard bag and I'm satisfied with the hop utilization/flavor I'm getting. I also stir the hops inside the bag periodically to help things along. Although I appreciated having one less...

There is a thread on here where someone tried what you propose and the large basket prevents a proper boil, just kinda burps up the side around the basket. I believe that was with a 400u basket, the COFI is 800u but I'd be surprised if the result was any different. You could always do a test run...

Agreed, I've made it twice now as written with the exception of adding a 2 oz. cascade dryhop. I realize that this was not designed to be an exact clone, but mine doesn't really remind me of SNPA very much, if at all. However, it does make a very tasty beer, everyone who tries it comments on it...

Used it for the first time today myself. When it arrived last week it was "coolish", meaning something less than body temperature. I pitched it in a 2L starter and it never developed an actual krausen, just a thin ring of bubbles around the perimeter which I've experienced with other yeasts as...

I know it sounds like a lot, I thought the same thing. I did the recipe as written with 1.5 lbs of C20 and it was very close to the original. Most actually preferred mine side by side...

I have three of the 30L that I've used for ~70 batches so far and haven't had any leaking issues. I usually position the spigot so it points to 3 o'clock which puts the inlet slightly higher relative to the trub/yeast cake. I'll drain a half pint or so off before attaching my tubing which gets...

This is what I do for 1.065+ brews, calculate volume for a 120 min boil, heat the full volume then reserve a gallon or so for a sparge. I usually get 70 - 75% BH on these, before I started sparging I would get 60 - 65%. My normal beers of < 1.060 I get 70% without sparging. I haven't used more...

I brewed the recipe I posted at post #233 and I am comparing it to canned ADIPA. Color and mouthfeel are pretty much spot on. While my version is certainly very tasty, I'm not getting any Citra out of the original. The hop flavor in the original is a bit darker and firmer, if you told me there...

+1 I just pitched my 17th batch from a smack pack of 1450 I bought a year ago. No special techniques, just leave some beer in the fermentor, swirl it up and save in sanitized mason jars.

Welcome to the club :rockin: I'm sure others will have some efficiency tips for you, the first will probably be to crush finer, but I have the nearly same system (DIY COFI) and crush (.039") and I have BS set to 70% and usually beat it by a point or two. So you may have to explore your...