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This suggests that you just effectively extended your mash conversion time which was the real reason the gravity was higher but you did lose the efficiency boost of a true sparge because you completely homogenized the mash wort. I can see a few people mentioned this already. Get your grain from...

I know this is an obvious thing to say but there's a learning curve that can be overcome in time. The module is more complex than it needs to be but that's my opinion. I'm sure there are users that appreciate every bit of extra programmability. Here's the thing. Auber built a great module here...

Nothing is going to adhere over the long term. Every possible effort should be made to avoid cutting the cooler. The compressor itself must remain upright, but everything else can be flipped and manipulated so the coil drops in from above.

The first obvious place to check is to put a volt meter on the 120v/240v screw terminals connected to the PID module itself. Either you have voltage there or not. If not, see if you have an inline fuse that feeds that connection.

the way that PID based controllers modulate output is by pulsing the current flow (what you are calling duty cycle). If mOUT is set to 50%, it effectively turns your 6500 watt element into a 3750watt element (in MASH/TEMP mode) no matter how big the temperature delta is between the set point and...

Cups or jars with either wine or apple cider vinegar and a drop of dish soap (no more than one drop). Instead of a flat paper with holes, make paper cones that sit in the jar like a funnel. Tape it all the way around. Ideally, the pointy end of the cone should be about 1/2" above the liquid...

I would definitely recommend a couple mods. Hook up that drain hose near the end of the boil. Before you turn the cooling water on, drain about a quart or two of wort through the hose and into a pitcher. That gets your drain valve and tubing hot enough to sanitize. If you skip this, there is an...

Persistent infections are much more likely coming from the cold side of the brewery or at least from a hot side hose that doesn't get heat sanitized with boil temp port prior to carrying chilled wort. What kind of chiller do you use and what is your process for sanitizing prior to transfer to...

No need to. The enzymes will find the starch. The sugar will find equilibrium. Opening up the mash tun will lose heat and introduce oxygen every time. Both of those things are not improvements. If you're not going to squeeze the bag at all and you're looking for maximum wort clarity into the...

I guess I'd rather a good solder joint to a poor crimp or a good crimp rather than a poor solder joint. I dip the stripped strands into flux and pre-tin the bundle. Then dip the crimp into flux, insert the wire bundle and heat it all. Here's the rub. Flux is corrosive. The reason it does its...

Crimps have the problem of looking really simple to the average DIYer but it has to be crimped ideally to keep the resistance to a minimum. One thing I didn't realize for a while was that there is a different tool design for insulated vs. non insulated crimps. On something like the Klein combo...

I'm always around. There are only a couple reasons a grain would be added to the cart without the batch grouping and milling parameters filled in. The most common is pushing it into the cart via the Grain Batch Builder Page where you click "add to cart" prior to selecting the options in the...

It's almost like a lot of experienced brewers keep telling you that full volume mashing is easy and works really well and it turns out they were right? Amazing. Other than tradition and commercial bottom lines driving maximum extraction, there is no mystery to why this works. Grain has X...

We're getting there. Put soapy water where I drew red.. If the large O-ring on the U coupler is damaged, it will bubble there. The ball lock to beer thread adapter junction is where I drew blue.... There are two things that can be going on here. Sometimes these couplers have a one way valve in...

They have the same ones in 7oz for less than a buck.

This oring makes the gas seal. It can get stiff, torn, nicked... It's remotely possible that there is a defect on the keg itself, but that would require looking really carefully and trying to find a flaw on the sealing surface. Since the seal is rubber and the wear component, it's more likely it...

I don't really understand the concept of buying/selling pre-yeasted juice. When does it get added? What strain is it? How much yeast is it? How does it not ferment before you get it home? How is this NOT selling "wine".

I don't understand the question exactly or maybe we're using different terminology. When you're mashing, you set a target temperature. It will generally ramp up the power to 100% if the temp delta between the current temp (PV) is far away from set temp (SV) to get there faster and then reduce...

As Doug mentioned, the 320 has the mOUT parameter which is the highest duty cycle you want to allow when heating in mash mode (so it's untrue that it doesn't allow both at the same time). If you like the SYL, that's great but I don't want anyone to read that the 320 can't do it. There is the...

The burnt sugar effect is due to not shielding the back of the weld. This is common for welders that are used to doing structural or decorative welds where the outside is the only aesthetic that matters.