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There was a Facebook group that had instructions on how to auto tune. The only time I ever full throttled my rims was on the water test run. I started the first brew at full throttle but started channeling so I cut it back. I have been doing it that way ever since. I have not noticed any...

1500.5 + 5 English mild 1505.5 gallons

The thing to watch out for with covering the BK is boil over. If you have an extra large BK this is not too much of a problem, but if you are doing 5 gallon batches in a 10 gallon kettle, it can happen and happen fast. I have a pretty small window on how much I can cover without ill effect...

The federal safe drinking water law makes it illegal to introduce lead into potable water and as such brass used for this purpose cannot contain more than .2% lead by volume, or .25% by weight. Been this way for 5 or so years now. Theoretically the faucet is compliant (who knows how tight...

You will need to throttle RIMS volume, either a valve on pump or a valve on RIMS input.

Sounds like the breakers are installed wrong.

Vertical orientation is fine as long as pump heads are on top. That is per March Pumps, and how I have always run my chuggers. The hop spider is the very first thing I bought after my maiden brew.

I think my first Mr Beer kit used the same yeast....

Congrats on purchase. I know that feeling of apprehension well. Having just come off my easiest and smoothest brew day yesterday, I can say that apprehension is long in the past. I started out with the brew buckets BME as my first piece of SS Brewtech kit, and which guided my decision towards...

816.5 + 5 American Wheat 821.5 gallons

As long as they also installed a vent pipe, the only issue I could see arising is the size of the pipe. Most floor drains are on a 3 or 4 inch drain pipe. A shower pipe will only be 1-1/2”, maybe 2”. Just make sure you put a grate or screen on it to prevent unwanted stuff from going down and...

The system came with the SS brewmats. 1 for the kettle 1 for the HLT. The Tun is on rubber feet. The included mats work well. I pull the kettle after transfer and the wood countertop is barely warm so they work. The kettle hangs over the may by about 1/2” Have you looked here...

Is your HLT large enough to bathe in? You could start heating strike water, bathe, then mash in. Extremely efficient, plus you would of be doing your part to help save water and the environment. Stinky lizard IPA

Another attempt at perfecting my American wheat coming up later this week. I am going to add oats and increase the whirlpool addition of hops this round. I’ve got a solid base currently, just need some incremental improvements to get it in to the exceptional range.

Keep hope alive. My wife likes to drink the home brews too, so she often puts in her requests. The worst brew day I had was brewing one of her requests. She likes porters and stouts, where I like saison, singles and goldens. Of course her request had to be an everything but kitchen sink...

Man, I hate to be a Debbie downer, and certainly don’t want to poop in anybody’s punch bowl, but you asked for honest feedback and opinions, so here it is. This idea is no better than last, and probably worse. This is my opinion and some reasons why, so you have something to work with...

If you filled the keg with starsan and pushed it out with CO2 then you already have a purged keg (provided you filled keg completely with starsan), and you are not accomplishing anything more by hooking it up to fermentation vessel.

778.5+5 gallons English mild 783.5 gallons

The PIDs could not be easier to operate. The control panel on the 3v system has 2 modes, auto and manual. There are 3 heating elements, HLT, BK, and RIMS. The RIMS and brew kettle share a circuit, and have a selectable switch, so only one can be used at a time. The HLT is on its own circuit...

You can always throw your sample in the fridge for a few hours to let the yeast settle, then taste.