Hi everyone, I'm a french home brewer, 42 years old.
I've just registered here. I found the website when looking for forks or alternatives to Open Ardbir, and I stumbled upon this great thread about BrewManiaxEsp8266.
I've been a home brewer for a few years now. My first two batches were with 20L kits for beginners, with malt extract. And then by a good fortune, 4 years ago, I happened to lay hands on a much more advanced all-grain microbewery, made by a french small compagny called 'la chaumontoise', a 3x 100L tank gravity pico brewery system. :
I got used to the machine and used it to make 25 brews on it, 60L each. I brewed almost everytime recipes from the book "Secrets de brasseur" which became my night-stand book. I was very pleased with the results. I'm brewing for the account of the association in my participatory housing, so I have a captive public, but they have good opinions of my beer.
I liked this machine quite well, though it had a few drawbacks : no automation to reach and maintain a given temperature, too much power at the boil, and it was a lot of work to handle and clean. Anyway this machine did not belong to us and its owner just took it back, so I have to get a new gear.
I want to save a bit on time and be able to have alerts when steps end, so I'm leaning towards an automated all-in-one tank. I'm hesitating between a high-end connected EBIAB like braumeister or grainfather, or a cheaper alternative like a brewmonk or clone, and in that case a project like BrewManiac seems to me exactly what I'm seeking. I'm quite the tinkerer so it doesn't frighten me to build it.
What can I add ? I like to drink good beer (surprise).
I've just registered here. I found the website when looking for forks or alternatives to Open Ardbir, and I stumbled upon this great thread about BrewManiaxEsp8266.
I've been a home brewer for a few years now. My first two batches were with 20L kits for beginners, with malt extract. And then by a good fortune, 4 years ago, I happened to lay hands on a much more advanced all-grain microbewery, made by a french small compagny called 'la chaumontoise', a 3x 100L tank gravity pico brewery system. :
I got used to the machine and used it to make 25 brews on it, 60L each. I brewed almost everytime recipes from the book "Secrets de brasseur" which became my night-stand book. I was very pleased with the results. I'm brewing for the account of the association in my participatory housing, so I have a captive public, but they have good opinions of my beer.
I liked this machine quite well, though it had a few drawbacks : no automation to reach and maintain a given temperature, too much power at the boil, and it was a lot of work to handle and clean. Anyway this machine did not belong to us and its owner just took it back, so I have to get a new gear.
I want to save a bit on time and be able to have alerts when steps end, so I'm leaning towards an automated all-in-one tank. I'm hesitating between a high-end connected EBIAB like braumeister or grainfather, or a cheaper alternative like a brewmonk or clone, and in that case a project like BrewManiac seems to me exactly what I'm seeking. I'm quite the tinkerer so it doesn't frighten me to build it.
What can I add ? I like to drink good beer (surprise).
