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Same deal with SmartPID and Brewfather integration. Cloud based recipes and remote device control is very popular for that reason. I'm at my desk job and able to raise/lower fermentation temp and monitor gravity without leaving the chair. Because science :cheers:

The main reason to replace the controller is to provide control via Brewfather, no longer bending down clicking buttons to change temp and pump on/off.

Urgent warning for anyone using these $6.85 cheapass SSRs that come with the SmartPID kit. The electrical engineer I spoke to said the internals are only rated to 10 amps and are not potted (insulated). Mine was running on an 15a circuit. If you google them you'll find plenty that have melted...

Bojak over in Dandy sells 20L kegs for around $150. I've tried 3-4 different cans and they've all been pretty good. https://www.bojakbrewing.com.au/buyakeg

I'm heading to Vietnam next week for 10 days. If I find any local brewers I'll ask.

Oops, yep!

I have a B80 fermenter hooked up to their minichilly 05 glycol unit. Not cheap @ $2k but superb quality and it crashes 50L of beer from 21c down to 2c in about an hour, depending on ambient temp. https://www.newerabrewing.com.au/minichilly-05-sb

Looks great, I'd love one thanks!

Dang, I'd be interested if I lived near Sydney.

Nice one Dunc. Have do you find the SmartPID / Brewfather integration? In my first 3-4 brews with that setup I had two recurring issues: 1. BF kept trying to do a step mash despite my recipe being a single step mash. 2. SmartPID recipe steps getting out of sync with BF schedule. Now I just...

I have a brewtools F80 and minichilly glycol cooler. It wasn't cheap but it ticks every box and it's for life. The glycol system will cold crash 50L of ale in just over an hour. Clean up is easy with CIP. Superb kit.

I usually throw 500g of no name rolled oats into my hazy beers plus another 500g malted wheat. Then around 150g of rice hulls to help with efficiency.

The false bottom doesn't specify "must use with helix coil to be effective". It's basically false advertising.

I used the false bottom with my Guten 70 this week. Hazy pale recipe with 100gm whirlpool. It's pretty much useless, as you can see the holes in the mesh aren't fine enough to trap the hops. I'm going back to the hop spider and I'll throw in 20% extra to compensate for lower utilisation.

I've been considering the new Tilt Pro until pricing was announced at $340 AUD, too much for a brew gadget in my view. What attracted me was the double sized unit that supposedly addresses concerns with the earlier models, eg, readings all over the place especially during high krauzen. Then I...

Grainfather is nice but brewfather integration with Guten via SmartPID is next level. Funny how a single app developer can provide a 10x better user experience (in brewfather) vs Grainfather with their app that hasn't really been enhanced in any serious way since it was launched 3-4 years ago.

Jeepers I have that same SSR that came with the SmartPID on my Guten 70. I think it's time for a replacement!

The pump is hooked up to one of the built-in relays in the SmartPID, so it's either on or off. There is a spare DC out that is designed to run say a fridge, so technically you could hook it up to a relay to drive a pump. I'm not sure how you would throttle it though, as it won't be governed by a...

My Guten 70 is now integrated with Brewfather and SmartPID! I transferred a recipe and was able to control the pump and heating elements from BF. Absolutely stoked. Something weird going on with the reported temperature (it's not that cold in Melbourne tonight), might be PID calibration or...

Do we know the minimum batch size for the 14 & 27 gallon X1 conicals? And will you be offering the neoprene jacket and any form of heating element?