Recent content by dropbear85

used the robobrew to cook some ribs sous vide style today before smoking them in the Weber. turned out wonderful! This baby just doubled in value!

I'll have a look tonight but I don't really look at the numbers. I just make sure everything looked cracked open and not a powder

I've never had a problem with stuck sparge as I don't crush fine but where do you get rice hulls from?

Interesting idea http://www.beerco.com.au/product/equipment/clear-beer-draught-system-beerco/ a bit pricey though

After the first brew I thew mine in a vice and bent the legs out a little so it wasn't tight around the urn. still can be a little fiddly sitting the basket on with those ducky little holder things but it's better than it was

Hey Lael, I'm in Quakers and you are more than welcome to pop around next time I brew. probably won't be for a couple of weeks though.

never had a problem with mine. done about 6 brews on it

I did my first brew without a pump just to see how it went and I got about a 3 deg difference from top to bottom. Every brew since has been with a pump and the system works much better. I find only about 0.5 deg difference. because the temp sensor is so close to the elements you don't get an...

mate have a look at the Robobrew. Great system for someone starting out. by the time you stuff around getting all the parts to build your own you will probably spend just as much and it might not be as good. https://youtu.be/K_fTD0ezZBM

3.5L dead space in the Robobrew also

could have something to do with the amount of water used during the mash. I had a similar problem and after doing a bit of reading about the grainfather it turned out I was mashing with too much water. I have found that you want the water level outside of the malt basket to be lower than on the...

hmm I didn't have any problems.. I think I drilled them when the mesh was still on the steel ring so it would hold its shape. I think I also put a block of wood underneath it so I had something to drill into. you could probably just make a hole with a screw if you really wanted. I grabbed about...

I had a couple of holes at the top of the pipe which I connected a couple of carribenas to to lift it out

I just hit it with an angle grinder and got as close to the pot as I could

On my previous system I did what you are talking about but I used an ikea splatter guard for the mesh because they are only a couple of dollars http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/index.php?/topic/68324-QldKev%27s-New-Biab-With-Internal-Rims/page__view__findpost__p__1289831