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this place is pretty quiet, you would think there would be daily discussions about brewing.... where is everyone? are people still using the GF? are people moving on to another electric brewing system?

you dont brew for the sake of pleasing the masses unless you work at Sam Adams. if you want to try and please the masses, you run over to the liquor store and pick up a few cases for banquet beer. crowds like to get stupid drunk and after a couple of red solo cups, they wont know any better...

Well folks, after 1 year of use and only 10 batches brewed, GF has decided it is time to replace my entire unit on their dime. We had a really HOT awful summer in Denver that basically cancelled brewing from June thru September. The Good - outstanding customer service and prompt attention to...

check your seals, remove them from the plates and split the seal open across the entire diameter. absolutely disgusting! cant imagine what would build up inside there and grow if you never removed the plates and seals.

JP really knows his homebrew! What i have found is that the mash temps going on are ACTUALLY a bit higher that what the GF probe says, as there is only one temp probe and its only in one location. 1-2 degrees can really make a difference in taste of beer. Also, for those who feel they are...

use a SS hose clamp to hold the filter in place i start doughing in now at the protein rest of 122 deg F exactly, move the chiller to where you want it, i think most of us have done that already exactly, i have found the GF calcs to be close but not exactly where i want them to be. it is...

i recirculate with the mash with valve about half way open. I dont think you would want to recirc full throttle even if you could...

Amen brother! Good perspective and yet another reason to just relax and have a home brew :-)

Thus far, I have found GF/iMake to be one of the top 5 easiest companies to contact when there are issues to discuss. They are very helpful and take every concern seriously in the name of top tier customer satisfaction.

Thanks, Ed! Reducing total expected water use by 1/2 gal makes sense... sparge as soon as basket is pulled? i swear i read somewhere to wait on sparge until basket runs out.

========================================================================= EDIT: on paper, this all adds up correctly figure 0.125 gal lost for every pound of gain, in this case I should have lost 1.34 gal after mashing figure 0.8 gal lost for every hour of boil at 5280 feet, in this case I...

Howdy GF friends.... I'd like to see if we can revisit the topic of mash water / sparge water calculations. It feels like its been awhile since we've seen updated comments about the GF water calculators online. I wont try to bore you, but its probably best to give you all this good info if I...

can you please post links to purchase the riptide pump and c14 converter? thanks again for helping the GF community

interesting, havent seen this yet, thank you for sharing

@RedlegEd did you see this post last night? do you think a preferred filter would have 2 threaded, removable caps with filtration holes, and possibly provide a benefit if the filter was slightly larger?

do "we" still have interest in a "better" pump filter design? threaded end cap(s) instead of black rubber cap? filter holes for the end cap? possible a slightly larger filter? other ideas??? i might be able to talk with a fab shop about helping us out. "we" would of course need to know the...

Thanks for the warm welcome. One of my next immediate projects is a SS hose clamp for the pump filter, and I read about 25 pages back that someone sewed the black rubber cap into place??? I only saw the one post and remain curious to hear if that worked... Also, those using the GF CFC, are...

Happy New Year! Greetings from the Mile High City, Denver, CO!!!! I just finished reading this entire 85 page thread. #1, *BIG* thank you to everyone that has generously shared time brew knowledge with the community. I have ALWAYS thought that HBT is the most helpful and friendliest resource...

perhaps the batch was underpitched and you didnt have enough yeast? http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html or perhaps it was just a bad batch of yeast? that is a bit strange for you to have this problem if you've already brewed 15 other batches. usually i hear that it happens on the...