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While I agree with all the temperature information, I think one key that we should remember that any water vapor remaining from the latent heat of the boil will condense to 1/1600th of it's size as it undergoes the phase transition from steam to water. Although a temperature decrease of the...

I am hoping to automate all the steps that make sense. Things like filling and heating the hlt, accurate volumes to the mash-tun, automatic start of the mash ramps (mostly just auto mash-out) through the rims, auto-sparge, auto-boil and auto-additions would all be really nice to have, but not...

Yeah, I run the boil kettle with full on. I know heating beer is a lot different than heating water, but it seems to take about the same amount of time, so maybe the defaults in the code are fine. The valve chatter is what worries me the most.

Well, I have a fish-tank pump installed, and the volumes (before the last round of changes I made) worked, but would not stay calibrated. But since I put 763 on there, I haven't been able to get them to read anything but zeros. I've got the fish-tank pump setup to three gang valves with...

I'm right there with you, just keepin it real. I am not sure. I presume it's using on/off, but I didn't change it. Could that be causing the relay chatter? Where in the sketchbook is it set? I do have a feed forward temp sensor enabled on AUX 1 reading the output from the RIMS not...

I haven't yet consulted with the brewtroller forum. I wanted to hear from brewers first, then the robot nerds second. I feel like there's a more pragmatic view of it's usage here than on there. Just want a neutral ground to discuss, you know? Orders #: 145, 423, 521, 579, 638, 647, and...

No, it's been working. It's just that it is flaky. I wanted to make sure I'm doing it right, before I contacted you guys. This was the preliminary support path, I suppose. So the Brewtroller appears to be mostly functional. Here's the issues I'm seeing: I get gas valve chatter on my mash...

I am not manually adjusting the PID parameters, as it seems to heat well, with a small overshoot (~0.4ºC) and remain stable within a degree. It's a 30 Gallon HLT. It takes about 1.5 to 2 hours to heat from 15.5ºC (from the hose) to 78ºC (slightly hotter than strike temp). Should it be...

Here's some pics from earlier this month, it's not much different now, just been through 5 brews. Those pics were right before the first water run. Those are tri-clamp Brewhemoths in the background. Pilot Brewery, Google Pics album The automation I want beyond on/off control takes the form...

Just ordered mine. Yay.

My 323rd brewday was this past Sunday. It was the 5th brew I've done using my brewtroller. I'd like to hear some responses before I go on my rant, so let me ask some questions to you guys: Questions: Do you use brewtroller? Why? What features? Volume? Temp? Timers? Logging...

Sold-out again it seems.

I received my stainless Brewers Equipment stand a couple weeks ago. I ordered it about a month prior and had a lot of stainless options added and had it widened. Marcus was fantastic through the entire process and gave me updates whenever I asked for them. He was also very flexible on my...

It would be cheaper to buy a harbor-freight 4" grinder for $29 USD than the cost of all those dremel cutting wheels. Well, I just looked it up and that's a huge lie. Let me re-prhase: It would be more fun to buy a harbor-freight 4" grinder for $39 USD than changing-out all those dremel cutting...

If you have any of the beer left, or even a few specks of trub, or even just a thorough (sterile q-tip) swabbing of the brewery equipment and take two packages of plain gelatin, Knox or Jello work just fine, and some wort (1.020 gravity) and put them in your pressure cooker (or steam them over...

What does the other beer taste like? You might have mixed up your strains. If you're absolutely sure that it was an infection and 100% positive you are using proper Aseptic technique then here's how I would go about it: Inspect the fermentor, look for cracks, nicks, or any type of tiny...

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Do a "Random Yellow Delicious" beer. Batch size 5 gallons Boil size 6.1 gallons Boil time 60 minutes Grain weight 10 pounds Efficiency 75% Original gravity 1.054 Final gravity 1.015 Alcohol (by volume) 5.1% Bitterness (IBU) 28 Color (SRM) 4.8°L Grains/Extracts/Sugars 10 pounds 2 Row Base...