Recent content by mjphoto

I am doing a calibration test right now... would be strange that both hydrometers are out though! Yeah the mash temp would need to be significantly off to effect the attenuation this much though... playing around in beersmith I would need to be off by 4-5degrees Celsius which is definitely...

Hi Team, I have been having some issues on the last 5 brews I have done (since getting a new system) with low apparent attenuation of the yeast or high final gravity. All brews seem to be consistently coming out 5-6 points above the estimated FG. Set Up: 3 Vessel electric HERMS 5gal (batch...

Hi team, New to kombucha.. just wondering if my scoby is okay? I'm used to brewing beer and if something looking like this showed up in my beer id be very concerned Basically the large brown bit had grown from the smaller more triangle bit... The different colors concerned me have

Hello Everyone, I am in need of a new conical fermenter as my current one got a bit scratched up. I can only brew 23l batches currently but will be upgrading my brewing system within the next 12 months. I am wondering if fermenting a 23l batch in a 60l fermenter is going to have any negative...

thanks @smellyglove If i mix it around a bit/give it a gentle shake will it drop out? Am I ok to just give it a stir then start cold crashing?

Hello everyone, I chose the White Labs WLP090 because I was under a pretty strict timeframe to get a brew done. I brewed an all grain recipe that I made up myself with an OG of 1.050 and an estimated FG of 1.011. It's been two weeks now and the airlock activity has stopped and I am sitting at...

Hello everyone, I am trying to come up with something slightly more out of the box than an IPA for a local home brew competition. I am not a huge fan of dark beers (flavour mainly) and have some chillis become ripe in my garden (pretty hot ones) and im thinking about maybe trying a chilli...

For anyone interested it appears BrewPi use 3 different PID controllers. They control the temp of the fridge by using a PID algorithm comparing the fermentation chamber to the ambient fridge temp working out what the set point of the fridge needs to be, then have two other pid controls to...

So I would get a more stable temp from the chamber as opposed to the ambient temp of the fridge. I would have thought you would get big over and under shoots on the chamber as theres a lot of thermal mass to be heated/cooled and the fridge would be working pretty hard getting quite hot and quite...

Hello All, I know this question has been asked time and time again but I am programming code using an arduino (not using BrewPi) to set up a fermentation chamber (fridge). I am wondering if anyone knows; does brewpi use both temp probes (one in the thermowell/taped to the side and the...