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Got another brewday in last Thursday, my interpretation of the Electric Brewery's Electric IPA. For the recipe and a full run-down follow the link. Electric IPA Recipe (my version in Beersmith) Ingredients (hops + yeast) Brewstand (boil is underway, just before I cleaned the MT) BrewBlox...

From "Your Lager can take the pressure" Lots of great detail in the full article sourced from commercial lager brewers who use pressure fermentation, and yeast company testing. HTH

Here's what Gordon Strong said in Rethinking Beer Faults None of his criticism of the final product appears to be related to the use of pressure fermentation, but rather the brewers desire to produce lager quickly and skip or reduce the lagering time.

This popped up on my YT subscription list today and I thought I'd pass it on.

Yep, good price, but you have to pay for shipping and this looks to be the same as the temporary replacement switch I fitted. Note the different ratings from the spec sheet. I have no idea why these are different (10, 16 + 20A @ 250 VAC) so I think I'm going to continue to add a healthy amount...

Amazon. When I did my apprenticeship, the pricing manager had this sign hanging up over his door. It's guided me well until now, but it's so hard to get stuff now. There used to be a Maplins in town but it's long gone and RS prices are insane.

When those two switches are turned on, there's zero load until the Solid State Relay's kick in which control power to the elements. There's also a brewing pump powered through the same arrangement with a separate SSR in each cabinet, but the total shouldn't be drawing above 13A. You can see in...

Hey guys, when I built my brewery I used some switches that are advertised as 16A 250V/20A 125V which I assumed would be sufficient for my build using 2500w elements. As you can see below, the switch failed in the middle of my last brew which I ended up replacing during the boil with a similar...

I think you've nailed it, it's fundamentally a design flaw which is exacerbated by large grain bills (taller, and heavier) , and crushes with higher ratios of fine to coarse particles.

I think you've intuitively arrived at the right compromise. By mashing in at 'Full Volume' you're already compensating for the reduced water:grist ratio that any dead space creates and the thinner mash also helps with maintaining flow which reduces the need to stir as well.

Yep, methinks the team from GEB dropped a replacement yeast into that recipe without checking the attenuation.

Yep, you're dead right and note what they say about adjusting mash temp accordingly.

Yep, you're dead right and note what they say about adjusting mash temp accordingly.

I think we need to view AIO dead space as the 'volume of water not in contact with the mash', as it's been filtered off the mash by the malt pipe. So while the total volume is correct, the volume that is actually 'the mash' versus the volume that is filtered wort (dead space) is very low. The...

The 80% value used in the recipe is Mash Efficiency, i.e., the potential sugar converted from the malts in the mash before system losses are taken into account (dead space, trub, transfer losses, etc). Once those system losses are deducted (1-3l or wort perhaps depending on system), then you've...

I'm using these, they work like a charm.

Ok so you missed your target OG which points to conversion rather than attenuation, but just out of interest what was your FG? Also: what grain:water ratio are you mashing in at, i.e., how much strike water are you using? what is the temp of the strike water? mash pH? what software are you...

Cheers, like you say all part of the fun, made more challenging by the dilemma of cheap parts from Amazon vs paying 5 x the price from RS Components or the like.

Hey Buffer, great to bump into you, love the bottling stand you created for the counter-flow filler. I feel exactly the same way about using it as it comes. Wrt the power failure, "Once the boil was underway I turned my attention back to the power loss at Cab A. After scrambling around and...

If you turn the stand upside down, the all-rounder almost touches the shelf. The problem with cutting a hole for me would be that the fan sits directly below the center of the top shelf, and you'd run the risk of binding on the compressor bulkhead that juts out from the rear. You could control...