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Interesting, according to that article, as long as I am not doing the brewing or packaging, and the people that are.. are over 21, looks completely feasible. Now, I'm not in Massachusetts, I'll have to check my own state obviously but that gives me direction. Thanks for the info and...

A while back, I helped my neighbors brew a beer on my equipment for their wedding. We created 5 gal of a brown, about 6% abv. and a lighter ale at 5%. I created custom labels and bottled some of it, and kegged the rest. I let them use my kegerator to serve the beer at their wedding. The wife has...

so I realized the power cord I am using is not 4 wire, its three wire L5 plug(stupid oversight). To your point then, I am going to have to take the 120v accessory circuit out of the box. I do have 120 on the wall already, so i can plug the pump into that. The problem i see now is that my...

great article.. funny, I'm pretty much on point with the writer of that blog.

What top 10 grain ingredients are the staples to make 80% of the recipes? here's my list.. 2 row American Rahr White Wheat Vienna Malt Victory malt Crystal (20, 60, 120, etc.) Roasted Barley Chocolate malt Midnight wheat Flaked barley Flaked rye Edit: Added flaked rye instead of flaked oats...

currently finalizing construction of the brew space, and will then start putting the kettles, pumps, steam hood in place, and will then concentrate on the electronics. ill post pictures soon

I appreciate the alternative points of view, and feel that all commentary is beneficial. i also dislike when people get their panties in a twist and start calling people out. if it isn't what they are looking for they just need to hold their tongues.

hmm, that does pose a situation now doesn't it.. what is the current Raspberry PI solution for brew controller then?

I had one that I brewed several good beers on. I set mine up a bit differently though. I purchased a small dc pump and recirculated the wort out of the bottom valve and into the grain basket on top. I also purchased a Water Boiler . Once the mash was done I pulled the basket out and used the dc...

I really liked the way the brew commander looks and the operation is excellent... for one heat point. so you can only really automate the mash OR the HLT or the Boil. this works best for a BIAB system. if you are using a more traditional three vessel system, they sell additional relays and add...

hmm.. i had that configuration above (picture with the amber LED's and was suggested to move to other side of relay in order to tell if the contact was actually closed and firing the element. i guess you could still have power across the coil and the contactor be shorted open and the lamp would...

Updated picture..

Ok. Good to know

Here is the Amazon pick list. Amazon.com - Idea Lists

like this?

THINK this is the final version. It has sure went through a bit of change.. lol, I want to send shout out to both CraigMW, as well as Doug293cz! You guys really helped out thank you!

Removed the main power relay and put the element switches in series with the key switch, as well as the 12v power supply and the 120v receptacles. also added 10 amp fuses for the 120v receptacles. Added lamps as well.

good call.. ill implement that as well

(first.. sorry, I know its a mess. I hope its at least a little followable) ok, so now.. the power comes directly into a relay and the coil is actuated by a key switch. then I put a relay in for each 240v element, and switched the coils independently so I can turn the off manually if I wanted. I...

That's good info thank you. I am following this diagram from the craft beer pi website. I'll have to look into how to implement a mechanical switch.