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Four gallon Amber ale on Saturday. Still dialing in my SVBS. Pre-boil gravity came in low despite steady mash temp @152. Pre-boil volume @ 6.5 gallon. Finished with 4 gallon @ 1.053, rather than predicted 5 gallon @ 1.059. I'm thinking tweaks needed to more grain and less water, increasing...

Sounds good. Otherwise I say brew what you will drink. I have had my Amber que'd up for a couple weeks so it a no brain'r

Scaling up my Hops Kitchen Amber to 5 gallon AG recipe in the SVBS this weekend. Looking for the consitsency of the automated temp control in the mash and boil. I am hopeful this will result in minor improvements to my 2.5 gallon BIAB-stovetop efforts w/ respect to production numbers and...

You can't close the doors when the walls cave in

Yes, I too float my tilt in water/star San to make sure it's on and reading @ zero before it's in the wort and I start the logging. This has worked well enough without having to do a calibration.

Yes, and others have said previously there is nothing aboslute with instrumentation. Everything is relative to what we estblish as the baseline. I can use a hydrometer, but it takes 10ml or so each reading, and my eyes have difficulty reading between the lines, the refractometer is relative...

The only time I have had issue with my Tilt is when I tried to calibrate them so I use each of them pre-calibrated without issue. My refractomer generally reads higher than the Tilt but I use the Tilt to establish my baseline OG.

2.5 gallon iPA, BIAB, 2 row, Pilsen, Vienna, Citra and mosaic. Missed a few numbers by a little, but hit my boil off volume. OG @ 1.056 without correction. I am learning not to fret the production details and focus on the end result. Does it meet the style and does it taste good. I am hoping...

Has anyone adapted the Spike Brewing steam condenser lid to their SVBS? Apparently it will fit directly.

I switched from carb drops to table sugar several brews back and have had good success. I am currently using 3/4 tsp per 12 oz. Overall level of carbonation seems to suit my taste but nice thing about this system is that I can experiment by bottle rather than a whole batch and make minor...

Here's my system. Cooler with 20lbs of ice recirculating with small immersion pump.

I have heard that. My tilt seems to work ok in the stainless so no issues there. Likewise I have not advanced to pressure fermentation or harvesting yeast so my system fits pretty well. I have a couple 3.5 gallon brew buckets also (result of the upgrade evolution) that I use for 2.5 gallon BIAB...

The Ss Brewtech bre bucket w/ temp control and chilling coil comes in @ $399.91. To me it's not that terribly pricey considering the quality improvements I've experienced in my brewing paying attention to fermentation temperature. I started out with a BrewDemon, plastic conical that was quite...

Bottled my Hungry Brown Dog Am Brown Ale. I believe this is the final dialed in recipe, finished @ 1.015 w/ 4.99% abv. Has the color and flavor I have been looking for since starting this effort. The recipe is posted on Brewer's Friend @ Hungry Brown Dog if anyone is interested.

I have two conical 7.5 gal brewbuckets (SS Brewtech) with the idea that I might want to have a couple 5 gallon batches in production either @ the same time or a week apart. That's still aspirational as I work through process to get 5 gallon receipes fully developed. As Bobby_M says, 5 gallons...

I have been using it my Brown Ale recipes and have appreciated the contribution to its overall taste.

Bottle my 2.5 gallon trial batch Hops Kitchen Amber @ 5.12 abv. Beers later this afternoon in my private beer garden. Living the dream.

My first all grain was a Stout because I could hide th bad brewing in dark opaque beer with prominent roasted chocolate flavor. It was drinkable and some commented enjoyable despite missing the og, etc. All of which was corrected with a pound of DME

Put the finishing touches on my beer garden.

I did because that's what I had read. However, a friend with much more experience told me to relax and let the yeast run a bit. I'm still a bit wary so I don't suppress but restrain.