Recent content by sparkatron

So my Robobrew took a dive yesterday. I was doing the boil and it had been going for about 10 minutes, sitting at 102c and then suddenly started dropping. I was getting a little concerned as it was a fairly warm day (26c here in Melbs). 98c - I move it from out of the shade and into the sun...

And it's gone.

Just a wee update on this. Still available, but I'm about to throw it up on gumtree. It'll be free there too, so I imagine it'll go fairly quickly.

Actually, it's back on the market (no stress, nosco - appreciate the heads up). Any takers?

Bam! I knew I could count on you guys to give it a second life.

Hey folks, so I upgraded my beer fridge situation over the weekend which means I now have a spare full size fridge with two tap holes in the door. Obviously this is only going to be useful for one purpose, so anybody on this site who might be looking to take the leap into a keg/tap set up is...

Not as far as I know. I only stopped using brewmate for brewsmith a little while back but there wasn't one before I ditched it. Mind you, I've heard a few say the brewsmith Grainfather profile isn't accurate either (to the actual grainfather).

Man, I did a brew today and I got the display issue as well. You guys jinxed me! ;-) Wasn't a big issue though. I just turned it off/on again and I was back in business. That ol' chestnut always works.

I've just installed Beersmith (wish I'd done it before my first two brews) and setting up my Robobrew profile now. Any comparisons/guides would be greatly appreciated!

5.4kg My mash water was 18L and the sparge was 14L.

It's interesting that you ended up with too much water because my two brews I've done so far have had fairly large loss.Both brews I've done, I aimed for 22L and ended up with around 19L. The gravity on both has been close to target so I'm not too fussed. This is my first foray into all grain...