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It's not reverse-cycle but I think it handles heating according to the spec. Something to think about - it's around half the cost of my first selection, the Powrmatic (though the Powrmatic does have WiFi control which is cool!)

Great! I'll have a read, cheers.

I was thinking of one of these, which I think is reverse-cycle (heat pump system), although it might be overkill: https://www.aircon247.com/p/8951143/powrmatic-vision-23-all-in-one-23kw-air-conditioning-system.html The advantage of this is that it has a built in condenser, so all that sticks...

Thanks for the tip (not directed to me I know ;)) about the grain. Do you know what is acceptable? I keep mine at floor level but in two large steel boxes on castors. I assume this is OK? If I were to scale up production I would need to get a big grain bin, sitting on the floor but obviously...

True, though with seasonal brewing I can easily dial in a couple of degrees lower without straining the system too much. To be honest, I am thinking predominantly of being able to reduce the ambient temp to below the max operating temperature of some of the appliances (32c). Ambient temp control...

This does sound like a good idea, but I'm just not sure if I have enough space. The brew stand takes up one quadrant, the sink/dw/freezer another etc etc. I have one remaining corner. What I could try is put up a floor-ceiling corner partition with some insulating material, which might fit a...

Yes this is another of those fermentation temperature questions. I hope it's a little more different to the norm however! I'm finishing off my brewery build which is a garden office (galvanised steel shell with timber studwork, proboard and insulation, double glazed windows/doors all along one...

Mine's a 3 vessel system with a 100L boil kettle and I haven't done more than a 40L into the fermenter (56L boil) batch yet. With a 5.5KW element my boil-off is approx - 20% boil-off at 20L/28L boil (too high I know!) 15% boil-off at 30/41L 12% boil-off at 40/56L But this is all complicated...

If you are serious you do need to run mains underground. Needs to be 750mm deep to be below the frost line, and in my setup there is a tap inside the house and also in the brewery in case of emergencies (there is a short section of pipe, under the floor where it comes out of the ground, which is...

Looking forward to it! And interesting choice of hops. I can see from your blog the reason why and it's a really nice idea.

I'd be really interested to know how this works out. I did my favourite AA with exactly this yeast a couple of months ago and I must say I found it disappointing. The raw hop flavours were still in the right ball-park, but (at a 35c fermentation at least) most of the body had been stripped away...

I recently bought this on amazon, is this the sort of thing you're looking for? I needed something to screw into the wall as the condensate in my extraction ducting leaks out of the fan mounting. It's just a drip but it's annoying and it's too close to the wall to put a proper tray under! It's...

Warm conditioning helps the yeast clean up off flavours in the beer. In most beers there is a big difference between one week and two weeks in the bottle, even if carbonation has finished after 1 week. Unless you are in a real hurry I'd just let it do its thing for a while.

Trom-man76 that looks incredible. I wish my wife and I had a garage. We had to fork out a load for a garden office and even then it's much smaller than a standard UK garage, and we had to go with aquastep laminate rather than a proper PE floor. We can still fit a three-vessel 100L system and we...

I've brewed a few batches with this recently. It's a great, fast, pretty clean no nonsense yeast and really does the job at 35°C. I detect a small amount of orange peel but nothing overwhelming; it might pair well with an orangey hop like amarillo so that's one for me to try in the future. The...

I know this probably doesn't fit the grainfather setup but I was thinking of trying to recirculate through a 1.5" TC CIP spray ball (with the lid on of course!) I probably wouldn't do it with boiling wort but once it has been chilled instead! I'll give it a try and report back. Turning the...

What a nice idea! Very good of you and yes, do count me in please :)

I was never happy with my results when doing full-volume BIAB. My beer was often under-attenuated and I frequently had bottle bombs, something which simply doesn't happen now I have moved to 3:1 water to grain ratio batch-sparge infusion mashing. When you think of enzymes and substrate, if you...

Thanks for the StarSan reassurance @Drunkula and @HarryFlatters!

Sounds like a very noble and positive initiative - thanks for sharing.