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According to me, this is a must in cleaning (remember i'm lazy). Firstly, and only the one it does, is take care any old gunk/s.h.i.t resting in the machine. Then it isn't used until "Drain after brew". This is the most critical part, according to me, for the Brewie design. Na, there should be a...

@Still Brewn. I used about the same thing, but to increase the bittering (using whole hops). See pics #1771 above. Used the chain to get it above the sparge water, then it became some sort of first worth hopping, and was there from the beginning during the boil. The brewie had it "automatic"...

So my hopping times, like 5 min, should become screwed up because of sanitizing, then there is a bigger design flaw than I ever expected. This is one thing I don't like during drain. Because if you dump it into a bucket, from the last brew (lazy stuff), with the yeast sediment. This hot hop cage...

Yeah, you are right and nice to see you are doing it (to save flavour and aroma hops - timing is else of). Then I'm not alone to see this as a SW design flaw (hopefully fixed in the future). Nice to see your "hangover" and chilling/whirlpool set up. Yeah, you are a way longer than the rest of...

Bougth my Riptide this season, so I'm not that pro on that. But the first time using it I had such a good cone bulit up. Problem is my old stuff has the outlet int the middle - whish I had known better some 17 years ago. Yes a square profile will not be as good as a round one. But If we can get...

@volx Gosh, that is a cool setup, and quess you got the best whirlpool of us all. Since I've reread the thread, this is I a thing probaly I problay missed twice. Cool. As said, brewing for long time but never with a pump, so I'm just a newie on that part. You are probaly right that a square...

@volx: Yeah, you hit the nail here. "that is not the point of this machine" If we should start agitaing/stiring/watching then we can all use our older systems. If we should be there around (getting better numbers), then it is not an automatic system - yet again we are slave for the...

Yes, that was not a stuipd one at all. But there are not an actually whirlpool in Breiwe. (A side note: Have wanted a pump for more than 10yrs, and finally bought me a Blichman. Then for the first time also used it for whilrlpooling. Woah, what a hops-clean-up-boost, everything was like a sturdy...

Guess most of us used it (see @Still Brewn as he has it in his "recipies"), and the with the BreiweBags (I supose). Don't get me wrong, I really do like the cages/pipes and might just get one (but I'm in Europe) in the near future - someone said the shipment was too hight, tough. But: 1. The...

@Still Brewn: 67% is about what I get with the BrewieBags. Guess we should start to identify how we calculate efficiency, so we do it alike. @volx: Smart using your pipe as a whirlpool cage. Since the two compartements are alike, this should not be a proplem, except for the bottom burn - guess...

Last time I (brewed with Brewie) weighted the brewie-bag after brewing. 5 kg of malt and the bag was 6.6 kg in total. That is about 32-33% in liters hold of water (remember 1 liter H2O is equal to 1 kg). Recalculated it into lbs an quarts is about 0.15 quart / lbs (if I calculated it right). So...

@Still Brewn. Thanks for the simple advices here, like to use chill-water, and so one. You are my god here. but it seems like you are and old stud like me - forgetting simple stuff sometimes... Brewed a Schwartz-bier today (see next thread). 1.Brewie impress on me. (OK there are still some I...

Started to look back in this thread, i.e. re-read it. You people are amazed about 1850W, here our spike would be 2300W (230v). So Brewie is ONLY 1850w as we see it. But I'm not complaining, as I think Brewie is fast enough in get to boil. Feel sorry for you (120v people) with 15 amps, and some...

Sorry to hear. Our weather is no like it use to be in May, still cold. But this is nothing compared to Yours. Hope everything is fine with you and family and the hops (sure they will survive . as it is a weed).

I would rather have a real windows-(or for the other ones a Linux and/or Apple)program. Create recipeis etc. and either send it through WiFi or use a usb-stick and insert recipes (and why not upgrades). WiFi should be an option, not a must (if that now is the truth - as I had the machine stuck...

May 1st was a holiday here, so I tried to save my Stout (else I felt I had a break from "brewing" - AKA "Not Still Brewn"). Yes I fired up the mobile hotspot and it when on right away. So, sorry - I can't tell if it was needed or not. Right now I have som much sepread stuff, don't know what to...

@cubsfan16 I agree. And hope not only the preboil does this. My first Brewie-pad had a boil ovwner (yeah, it started so well) But in the next 5 I haven't.. Now I can not say if it is the preboil thing that is doing this,or it is in the system it self. My first thought (and boil over) then was...

Brew #6: I had to get save my last faiulure with the preboil (witch tricked me last time), so today I made a new similar batch with a lot of hops + 85 IBU, and mixed them. (Guess that I'm out of the box, but will get something drinkable in the end), I was easier in the grain calc (calculated...

I agree too. But what makes me really sad is that You have shared this 'over years'... and we haven't seen it yet. Guess my ideas making this "wounderfull" machine getting even better is down the sink, too (and probalbly the same to 98%). Unfortenately.

If you are around, skip steps (that you see have finished) is a great thing.