Brewzilla Gen 4 advice and experiences

[RoomWithABrew]

I mainly keg using corny kegs. Occasionally I bottle a few to take out using a counter pressure device.

Mainly kegs myself and counter pressure fill bottles as needed.
Belgians go in bottles, sometimes put up a bit of a fight!

I can't decide if a double 23l batch. Spread across 3 kegs (15+ L each) is worth a test.

Significantly more work, to ferment. But no bottling. And 1 run for twice the output.

And only one cleanup.

 

[Davegase]

Normal reason for clogging isn't that some fluff in the wort, it normally that pipe work is restricted somewhere and it gets caught.

So...
Are all taps top and bottom full bore?
Are there any hard turns in the pipes?

Let's not forget manufacturers will change suppliers and not notice (or gaf) if the quality of a component is compromised.

Can the taps be improved / replaced / removed all together?

The tap is decent quality.
The pipework can be rerouted so the wort will bypass the pump on route to the tap in case of pump blockage.
I've not bothered to do it myself but have never had a blocked pump.

 

[MashBag]

It's not really the quality of the tap(s) it more than they need to be able to open full bore, not be a hole in the middle that snags stuff? Size matters.

 

[Barone]

Brewzilla gen 4 Equipment Profile ...false bottom
I have seen the value 0.7 gll of false bottom for the BZ gen 4 35 lt profile , but with the central hole all the brewing liquid is drained into the fermenter , then this value would have to be 0 gl ...
Yes or no ?

 

[RoomWithABrew]

I think the 0.7 gallon is the dead space below the malt pipe used during mash water calculations.
My system has a 9 litre volume below the malt pipe, then add the litres per kilo of grain desired for mash volume total water.
You would have 0 litres lost in the mash tun as you don't drain the mash tun into a boiler.
You do drain chilly bins etc and they have a loss.
Your loss is in the grain absorption which also occurs on top of mash tun losses.