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BYO and Zymurgy

I'm not a programmer but decided to look at the code while waiting on my parts to arrive. It looks to my untrained/inexperienced eye that if I activate the RFID portion (without a shut off valve) that the pours will only be counted if the RFID was activated. That will correct my 'ghost' pours...

Thanks. Parts have been ordered.

It's been so long ago I don't remember a lot of details but I remember one keg show -23 gallons one morning. Good to know about the parameters in place now. I will order everything and give it another go. Thank you for the prompt reply. Now all I have to do if go through this incredibly long...

A little background: When it was first released I had the original version of Raspberry Pints working with 6 flow meters. The problem is that I was experiencing hundreds of "ghost" pours almost every night. I'm convinced that it was because my kegerator was/is located outside (in the shade) and...

Still haven't had a chance to try it. Life got in the way and I haven't even had a chance to brew much. Still on my 'things to try' list though.

An hour is too long for a 240VAC element. You would probably get more responses if you move this question to the "Electric Brewing" forum.

I like it. Nice and simple but I do have a question. Are you figuring the Calcium Chloride to be 100%? The reason I ask is I have diluted my CaCl to be 13% to be easier to measure and dispense and will need to alter the amount to compensate. Thanks for the work on this.

I have mine setting in a tub. I bought 2 cheap metal covered grates (I think they were actually sold as metal shelving). slide the metal shelves up to the tube and secure with a couple of spring clamps. The kegs, etc set over the tube from the pump and sit nicely on the shelving. No tipping problem.

I had a problem with some of my faucets not being able to be tightened enough. It took me a long time to find the problem and I've never seen it mentioned on this forum. My shanks have a snap ring inside them. The snap ring is what holds the part that screws into the faucet in place. My snap...

I use home made PBW and typically use about 1 scoop per 3 gallons of water. I really don't know why I use that amount but it works and I'm sticking with it.

I think you will be happy with it. I have been using mine for nearly 4 years now. No problems at all. I will say that I have sprayed water all over my shop a few time by forgetting to unplug the pump from the outlet strip and flipping on the outlet strip. It certainly will "wake you up" if you...

Yep. That's the way I do it. I brewed several batches and tested the adjusted refractometer reading with a hydrometer reading. The readings were pretty much identical and as a result I have only used a refractometer for my last 60 batches or so. I do calibrate my refractometer with distilled...

Are you using a refractometer to get the FG reading? If so, you need to adjust the reading to take the alcohol into consideration.

100+ batches and it is consistently 77%. I do double crush my grains with my own mill.

I created a new equipment profile in Beersmith with 0 boil off and 0 trub loss. In the actual recipe I set the Batch volume to 1.5 gallons and the efficiency to 80%. These settings get the OG to be the same as the Picobrew website when adding 12 oz. of grain (1.015) and the IBU's added with .1...

Yep that helps. When I received my first picopak I took the lid off the container (It's basically hot glued in a few places and came off pretty easy). It appears that I could add some grains in small porous bags if I want to. Hops look the same way. They calculate the hop additions a little odd...

I just received my Picobrew C. I have looked and cannot find any threads on how to convert an existing (Beersmith) recipe to a PicoPak. How are you guys doing it?

Thank you for the response. I have my PicoBrew on order and was hoping the lid on the Pico paks could be opened and other ingredients added. I will post my experience with the Pico Brew system, hopefully in the next few weeks.

This is a very long thread so if this question has been answered, please excuse me for not being able to find the answer. Can you add adjuncts to the picopaks once you receive it? Like coriander and orange peel, etc.?