devoutharpist
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Very concerning, I appear to be one of the only other owners with a fault. They replaced the re-circulation pipe on my unit but i certainly would have raised hell if they didn't.
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altone
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And so you should! as per my last post, Keg King seem reasonable to deal with. If they were not I wouldn't buy stuff from them.
There are known weak points with the Guten that may need addressing within warranty if you use it a lot, eg. the crappy switches.
But if you search for problems with any 1v system you'll get lots of results. Be it Guten, Robobrew, Grainfather or even Braumeister
If money was not a consideration I'd personally buy a 50l Braumeister as I've seen one in operation and the quality level and the smart functions are awesome.
But as my little Guten cost 10% of a Braumeister I'm more than happy.
Already done 6 brews and no major issues.
edit: my last sentence made no sense so simplified it
devoutharpist
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Now to shift topic... has anyone done any kettle souring in the Guten yet?
altone
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Can't say I have, but if I was thinking of it I'd probably just drop the wort into my old urn instead of doing it in the Guten.
A Flanders Red just went onto my "to brew" list
FarsideOfCrazy
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Hmm this post does seem a bit suss. Only joined 2 weeks ago and 1 post ( which doesn't make a whole lot of sense). Even the location of the poster doesn't seem right.
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goatchop41
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It's no my list to do. A friend has done a couple of kettle sours in his grainfather, so I was going to extract some knowledge from him.
My only concern would be bugs hiding in the pump afterwards, but I guess that a good clean with the pump running with PBW then sodium perc, then starsan would kill anything hiding in there (maybe a bit over the top, but it wouldn't be too much more effort)
Redreuben
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How do you kettle sour ?
altone
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If you're pumping PBW through - no need for the Perc
PBW is approx 60% Perc anyway.
altone
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Err. something like this :
https://learn.northernbrewer.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003010874-Kettle-Souring-Made-Easy
sorry, couldn't find a how to on AHB
Redreuben
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That’s about what I thought, I read the same article when I googled
Just thought I’d ask to get a reference on the page.
Apart from the occasional Berliner Weiss, sours wernt anthing when I brewed last, I did make lambic though using bottle dregs
Just thought I’d ask to get a reference on the page.
Apart from the occasional Berliner Weiss, sours wernt anthing when I brewed last, I did make lambic though using bottle dregs
walkerhomebrew
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I am also "new" to brewing and had similar issue with the Guten. My screen goes blank. Does anyone else have this issue at all?
I used to brew extract kits then took a long ass break from home brewing... around 10 years. Now just getting back into it, I have not been that impressed with this unit. If I leave it for about 2 hours it comes back to life but something seems to be wrong with the electronics in the brewery. It's bizarre.
I had something similar happen to me a while back, there is a plug in the PCB that had come loose, if you open the PCB and see a plug undone then just plug it back in, it should be fairly obvious.
goatchop41
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Have a read a few posts up mate...
As I mentioned earlier, and Leyther mentioned above, check the PCB. Probably just a loose connection
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Will be making the switch from BIAB to the Guten next month, just building up a stock of 'parts' to make sure I am ready to hit the ground running once I take delivery. Whats the general consensus for fitting hose to the immersion chiller? Looks as though the chiller is about 10mm pipe therefore if I just connect good old 12mm garden hose to the end of this with secure hose clamps is this going to be enough or should I really be looking at compression fittings? If so, and excuse a stupid question, are 12mm compression fittings fit for purpose here? Cheers
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Hi Edd. I did have a length of hose with hose clamps but no matter how tight i had them it still leaked. I ended up getting compression fittings from pirtek and no the 12mm ones won't fit. You need 3/8in or 10mm
I just put ordinary garden hose on both sides, the first clamps I put on were the ones that you tighten by hand they leaked, Then I heated the hose up with a hair dryer (I also use a hairdryer for beer and gas line works a treat) and I only put the hose on far enough for the clamps to fit then while still soft I used 11-16mm screw on clamps. It worked well no leaks
devoutharpist
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i just went for hose clamps, went back and tightened them every few days before i brewed to make sure. had some very minor leakage but the connection sat outside of the kettle so it was fine.
If i did two clamps on each connection i reckon i might have cancelled it out
If i did two clamps on each connection i reckon i might have cancelled it out
Discussions elsewhere about warranties prompted a question that I think is better suited here.
A common fault in the Guten is some of the electricals, in particular a dodgy switch. Purchasers of these units are apparently buying a replacement switch in advance, just waiting for the original to cark it.
Does replacing this switch yourself, instead of sending in to Kegking for repair, void the warranty?
A common fault in the Guten is some of the electricals, in particular a dodgy switch. Purchasers of these units are apparently buying a replacement switch in advance, just waiting for the original to cark it.
Does replacing this switch yourself, instead of sending in to Kegking for repair, void the warranty?
