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This is what I tried to do, but it still went up a ton. I don't have a Blichmann, but I did have my burner opened up wide trying to heat the water quickly so I could finish faster. Maybe tomorrow I'll try slowing it down a bit. Do you cut the heat and then let it sit for a few minutes to see...

I wanted to mash at about 152 for my brew last night, but I royally ****ed it up. I usually keep gaining heat after I cut the flame on my burner, but last night I cut it off at about 155 and by the time I got my grain ready to pour in 30 seconds later, the water was reading 164. I added the...

Moved into the new place - it's got a gorgeous, brand new gas range with a larger middle burner, so I will be able to heat 3 gallon batch sizes easily, and possibly even 5. I've fleshed out my plan a little bit - I'm going to use the stove, and potentially add a 110V-powered element to speed...

I tried this at first, but I had issues with the bag spreading out so much that it just dripped over the sides. Eventually, I drilled some holes in a bucket, set the bag in the bucket to contain it, and then put that on top of a similar grate.

I currently brew in my backyard, where I don't need to care how much wort gets dripped around. There's a lot - lifting my bag (single vessel BIAB) out of the kettle to drain it, pulling my wort chiller out after it's done, pouring from kettle to fermenter since I don't have a valve - there's...

If I did 110V I would use it in combination with my gas stove - still not a fast boil, but it would get there faster than just the element. I've looked at some schematics, and the only thing I learned was that I have no clue what I'm doing with wiring. I want to get my hands dirty at least a...

My top choice is definitely something involving 240V - however, I can't seem to think of a way to do it for under $500, when a controller is $300 easy. Then I have to buy an element, cords, temperature probe, either another kettle or a false bottom... it all adds up fast. Currently I'm leaning...

Oh, I should add - I've looked into the Robobrew, Brewer's Edge, Grainfather, etc - not really a fan. They just look too hands off for my taste. I've considered eBIAB, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to do it without making an ungodly mess. Right now I tend to spill wort pulling the...

Currently, I do single vessel BIAB (5 gallon batches) in my backyard. I really want to move my operation inside - I've basically had to take the winters off from brewing, *maybe* squeezing in one or two if I'm lucky, and I'm tired of being dependent on weather/daylight/etc for my brewing hobby...

I've done or do all of these things, with no luck in efficiency. I'm really not building a new rig just to get more efficiency though, so I'm not stressed about it.

Are there any small projects that can teach me useful skills for this? I've basically come to the conclusion that I have no idea what I'm doing (in terms of building a controller) and so I'm just gonna say screw it and shell out for a prebuilt controller. I still want to learn what all of this...

Oh yeah, I've got an issue somewhere - my hunch is it's a combination of milling and inconsistent volumes readings. I actually have been borrowing my club's mill for a while, but my drill is old and shitty and can't actually power it, so I've never got around to using it. Really though, I'm...

The laundry room is just off my kitchen, so I was planning to run an extension cord so I could brew on my counter (have a nice big island with the sink). I need to double check the distance once I move in but it'd probably be 10-15 feet. From my understanding 240V extension cords are a bit...

Generally low, some inconsistency. I think my efficiency is usually 50-55%. I've never figured out how to get good volume readings, though, so I've never been able to lock down a firm and consistent number. I've tried the etching method, which never worked for me, and I eventually made a...

I've looked into eBIAB, but I'm kind of ready to move to a 2 vessel system. I've never been able to figure out my efficiency woes doing BIAB, and I enjoyed brewing on a buddy's system who has the same 2 vessel HERMS type of thing I'm imagining, so I'm just modelling this after his.

I've got everything I need to make good beer right now. I brew with propane in my backyard, have a keezer and fermenting fridge, etc. I'm just tired of being a slave to the weather for brewing - I didn't brew (on my own system) once between October and March last winter, because it was always...

Ok, I made a very simple paint drawing to try and figure out what all I need for this project: https://imgur.com/a/YVf8Tlu The mash tun will be current 11 gallon kettle. I need to drill at least one hole, to run a pump out of, and then decide whether I want to just run the wort during the mash...

Follow up on my older thread, but different (ish) topic. I'm moving into a new apartment in a few weeks, and seriously contemplating moving my brewing indoors. I currently brew 5 gallon batches on a propane burner outside, using single vessel BIAB. However, I'm sick of being a slave to the...

I'll take a look. Every time I start delving into electric brewing I find new things I don't know - I know nothing about actually doing wiring or schematics, GFCI outlets, safety standards, machining a box, everything else. I'm not even sure where to begin, really.

That's not... terrible. I've got an 11 gallon kettle that should work fine, once I drill a few holes for an element and drain. I'm honestly hoping to avoid a complicated circuit box like that, because those circuit diagrams just blow my mind (wrong kind of engineering for me), but that may be...