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    Trouble Shooting Low Mash Efficiency Spike Solo 20g

    Hi all! Finishing up my 3rd brew with the Spike solo 20g and my efficiencies have been quite low. One batch was supposed to be 1.09OG and ended at 1.074 The last one was supposed to be 1.06 and was 1.04. 5gal batch though. 14lbs of grains. My Brewfather equipment profile is set to 68% but...
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    Growing Pains/Mistakes and Consequences

    Hi All, Quickly learning my new Spike Solo 20g + unitank system and had a big uh-oh today and was curious on the consequences if any. Currently only 48hrs in to fermenting a helles lager at 50F and had seen bubbling ~12hrs after pitching. Just an hour ago I wanted to do a small sample to...
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    Cold Crash / Force Carb Temp and Pressure Vs Serving Temp andPressure

    Hi All, Just purchased a Spike 10gal Unitank and will be fermenting and carbing my beers in it. I haad a few questions on how to do this. Going to pick an extreme example because I will be brewing a belgian dark quad soon. I am wanting to aim for 3.1 volume of CO2. The spike unitank supports...
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    Can't fit grain bill for high efficiency - work arounds?

    Hi all, Brewing a double IPA this weekend which has. 21lb grain bill. I just had issues with a 17lb grain bill a few months ago, and this will only exacerbate it. It is a 5gal recipe, and my mash tun works well with most recipes that don't have such a huge grain bill. The issue is I can only...
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    Multiple Thin Scoby

    Hello everyone! Just finished my first batch of Kombucha and put them in my 2nd fermentation containers. The first batch fermented for about 8 days. Around day 6 I tested the kombucha. After I set my container back the first scoby forming at the top fell to the bottom. In the next two days a...
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