Grainfather!!

[BrewAgain]

Morebeer has the complete pipeworks package for under $30. Great buy for lost/damaged parts or experimenting with a whirlpool arm.

 

[Pkrd]

Who else had thrown out their overflow pipe with their spent grain?

My new one arrived today. It has a new design which is very very very tight to slip over the inner pipe. I guess that means it should last longer than my old one?

 

[skleice]

Who else had thrown out their overflow pipe with their spent grain?

My new one arrived today. It has a new design which is very very very tight to slip over the inner pipe. I guess that means it should last longer than my old one?

Done that twice! At least I was able to dig through and find the 2nd one.

 

[couchsending]

Done that twice! At least I was able to dig through and find the 2nd one.

Same

 

[Jag75]

I haven't tossed the pipe but I can't find the piece that sits on top of the pipe for the life of me. I've brewed probably 4 times without it now.

 

[ihavenonickname]

I lost that little piece too. I replaced it with a small silicone splatter guard, cut a hole in it to slide over the pipe - that with a sink strainer and it works better than original.

 

[Jag75]

I lost that little piece too. I replaced it with a small silicone splatter guard, cut a hole in it to slide over the pipe - that with a sink strainer and it works better than original.

Silicone splatter guard? Pics ?

 

[BalloonGuy]

I am too lazy to read this whole thread- sorry.
Has anyone tried using the GF for sous vide

 

[Jag75]

I am too lazy to read this whole thread- sorry.
Has anyone tried using the GF for sous vide

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[BalloonGuy]

Thanks

 

[Fhizzicks]

I knew it would happen eventually, and it finally has.

This weekend I was brewing on my Grainfather. Had finished the brew and clean up. As I was lifting the Grainfather to dump out the final rinse water, I fumbled it and dropped it from about 2ft. The plastic base shattered and left me soaked with luke warm rinse water (good thing I don't heat the rinse water).

This left me wondering, how do others empty this thing out? Overall, I love my Grainfather, but the lack of handles was one of the first things I noticed when unboxing it 6 years ago.

 

[skleice]

I am too lazy to read this whole thread- sorry.
Has anyone tried using the GF for sous vide

Yep. Did this 2 days ago with some rib eyes. 125° for a couple of hours, then 1 minute per side on a hot ass grill. Delicious!

 

[Chorgey]

Who else had thrown out their overflow pipe with their spent grain?

I've done this with my first brew. When cleaning up, I realized the overflow pipe was missing. It was driving me crazy, trying to figure out where it went. I re-traced my steps and found it in the grains that I emptied into a trash bag.

 

[Chorgey]

This left me wondering, how do others empty this thing out? Overall, I love my Grainfather, but the lack of handles was one of the first things I noticed when unboxing it 6 years ago.

I put the recirculation pipe back on and instead of pointing it into the Grainfather, I direct it to empty the rinse water onto the lawn. (I still brew outside).

 

[Jag75]

I knew it would happen eventually, and it finally has.

This weekend I was brewing on my Grainfather. Had finished the brew and clean up. As I was lifting the Grainfather to dump out the final rinse water, I fumbled it and dropped it from about 2ft. The plastic base shattered and left me soaked with luke warm rinse water (good thing I don't heat the rinse water).

This left me wondering, how do others empty this thing out? Overall, I love my Grainfather, but the lack of handles was one of the first things I noticed when unboxing it 6 years ago.

I take mine outside and rinse . I have a little glass patio table that I set the GF on its side on and rinse out. Then take it back in to clean .

 

[poorman]

I've done it also

 

[BrewAgain]

Buy the kit from more beer. So if (when) it happens, you're prepared. And no, I do not work for any brew stores and have nothing to gain by this. I was talking to an employee at a brew store. Who lost the overflow nut. Threw the nut with the grain. Funniest facial expression when I helped draw the conclusion.

 

[hopjuice_71]

I knew it would happen eventually, and it finally has.

This weekend I was brewing on my Grainfather. Had finished the brew and clean up. As I was lifting the Grainfather to dump out the final rinse water, I fumbled it and dropped it from about 2ft. The plastic base shattered and left me soaked with luke warm rinse water (good thing I don't heat the rinse water).

This left me wondering, how do others empty this thing out? Overall, I love my Grainfather, but the lack of handles was one of the first things I noticed when unboxing it 6 years ago.

I disconnect the controller then use the metal bracket as a handle. Bomb proof.

 

[DuncB]

I use a Guten, tip tastic handles.

 

[Pkrd]

Got my brew down tonight with my new pipe. Its a DIPA so had 7.5kg of grain, pretty full. I picked up the overflow filter too, but it won't work with a grain bill this large as the recirculation pipe kinks.

Nice to be brewing again.

 

[murphyslaw]

Has anyone used the brewfather to control the grainfather? I see it's a beta option, but haven't tried it.

I hate using 2 apps and much prefer brewfather.

 

[Chorgey]

Has anyone used the brewfather to control the grainfather? I see it's a beta option, but haven't tried it.

I hate using 2 apps and much prefer brewfather.

I export my Brewfather recipe to the Grainfather app and use the Grainfather app to adjust time and temp.

 

[murphyslaw]

I export my Brewfather recipe to the Grainfather app and use the Grainfather app to adjust time and temp.

Yeah...that's what I do.

But this might make that unnecessary: Grainfather

I was hoping I didn't have to be the guinea pig

 

[Chorgey]

Yeah...that's what I do.

But this might make that unnecessary: Grainfather

I was hoping I didn't have to be the guinea pig

My phone is IOS and that feature isn’t supported on my phone. I Brew approximately 30 ft from my desktop and it has a Chrome browser. I’m going to see if this will work on my next batch.

 

[BrewAgain]

Well ...it happened to me. After 40 brews, the dreaded fused boiler plug to the controller box. Right before I was to mash in 10 degrees shy....I smelled the burning plastic. Damn that cable and controller were hot.
Six days and bunch of emails, a new boiler and controller. The cable has been upgraded to a larger wire and a 20 amp plug. Controller updated to match.

Great service.

Has anyow had an issue with more severe effects than the burning plastic and fused plug?

 

[Drewbert34]

Yup. Did that a couple of times, on different devices, even. A few people on the GF Facebook group have said they can't get it to work, either. Even GF support couldn't figure it out.

I am having the very same issue with my Tilt and the Grainfather app. No matter what I do I get "cloud error" on the Tilt app and "offline" within the Grainfather app.

 

[skraeling]

Well ...it happened to me. After 40 brews, the dreaded fused boiler plug to the controller box. Right before I was to mash in 10 degrees shy....I smelled the burning plastic. Damn that cable and controller were hot.
Six days and bunch of emails, a new boiler and controller. The cable has been upgraded to a larger wire and a 20 amp plug. Controller updated to match.

Great service.

Has anyow had an issue with more severe effects than the burning plastic and fused plug?

after having mine nuke itself 3+ times (kept getting the stupid ass 15a plug as a replacement) I said **** it and went 220v grainfather.

 

[Chorgey]

after having mine nuke itself 3+ times (kept getting the stupid ass 15a plug as a replacement) I said **** it and went 220v grainfather.

Did you have to buy it or did Grainfather give you the option for 220v ?

 

[skraeling]

Did you have to buy it or did Grainfather give you the option for 220v ?

They wouldnt give me the option for a 220 replacement (which I think is stupid its the same price), they only did like for like. So I sold my replacement and bought the 220.
never going back to the 120.

 

[BrewAgain]

after having mine nuke itself 3+ times (kept getting the stupid ass 15a plug as a replacement) I said **** it and went 220v grainfather.

On the replacements, they did not provide the updated 20A plug and socket version? The cable to the boiler element was also updated to a larger wire AWG.