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Well I goofed.. In my excitement I just dumped the sugar into the keg with the post fermented lemonade and I doubt I will be able to get that sugar to dissolve now. I should have reduced it on the stove to make sure it dissolves. Any tips on how to get this all dissolved now? 2 pounds is a lot...

Has anyone tried to DIY with the Spark (I guess now renamed Particle)? Looks like it would be pretty feasible. It looks like it would be much easier to make this setup headless (i.e no need for USB connected RPi)

What's the advantage of the ds2450? That is new to me.

It's definitely overkill in terms of horsepower, but being a similar price to a raspberry pi, why not?

Why not build your own if you are going to go to that much trouble? It is priced at a premium. You can build your own that supports multiple sensors and elements for about the same.

A proto cape is a definite must for this. I purchased a bunch of pcb screw terminals to connect everything to my BB. It really makes for a clean install. It is actually very simple to have true PID control on the BBB. There are NodeJS libraries for practically everything- GPIO control, ds18b20...

I did the same as pickles. Tore apart a cat5 cable and used the small wires inside. Longest wire is probably 10'. I tried telephone wire initially, but it is solid core and isn't malleable

Working with the ds18b20's is incredibly easy. Combine that with a microcontroller & relay and you have a very powerful combo for homebrewers. I'm using a beaglebone black with NodeJS/apache/mysql to control my brew day. It's super simple to control the GPIOs with a little bit of webdev...

What a great idea! It's going to be really portable having everything so compact in the same unit mostly. I think the most important question is, who the hell is able to drink that much coffee? That would be a huge cafeteria/office.:tank:

Yea that bare sheetrock will not be very happy. You probably can get away with 5gal batches though. You're still looking at 1+ gallons of water vapor with 5gal batches. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Home Brew mobile app

Yea that's exactly what I'm doing. I bought some screw terminals off eBay I'm going to solder in. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Home Brew mobile app

Are you guys planning on transitioning to a more permanent perfboard setup with wire terminals? I'm in the process of it now. Soldering 30awg write onto .1" spaced pins is quite frustrating. Especially when my first time using a soldering iron was a few weeks ago ☺ Sent from my Nexus 7...

This is a great question Setesh. Did you by chance record your temperatures? The third paragraph here somewhat addresses affecting flavor: http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter7-2.html Though in theory, a full boil will be at the same temperature as a rolling boil, you just change the...

This is the best idea I've seen for measuring OG using a BB/raspi. I'm going to look into it if I get around to building a fermenter. Have you done anything else with your BB? Sent from my Nexus 7 using Home Brew mobile app

I was thinking of using a tablet myself. Much easier setup if you are using a web interface and I've found most small screens are low resolution compared to a tablet. Though resolution isn't that important I suppose. Nice plan! Sent from my Nexus 7 using Home Brew mobile app

Thanks! Its slow progress right now due to work but I will try to keep this post and my blog updated Sent from my Nexus 7 using Home Brew mobile app

Hey guys. :beard: I am in the process of building an electric brewery using a beaglebone black as the PID controller. It will be controlled via laptop/tablet/phone. It is a bit of a different build than most I have seen here. I am limited to 120V as power source right now, so I am having to rely...

The reason "they" say to not feed honey to infants is the risk of it containing clostridium spores. For adults, they don't mature into toxin producing forms, but they can in infants. Adults just need to worry about the produced toxin. Canned foods are the stereotypical source. Like helibrewer...

Good to know. Thanks! Sent from my Nexus 7 using Home Brew mobile app

My brother put together a false bottom for me. I noticed the holes may be too large? I (hopefully) attached photos. It will be used in a herms setup, so draining into a pump. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Home Brew mobile app