u81doughboy
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Thanks for the insight. I'm planning a big brew in the next couple of weeks.
I don't know for sure if it will also wipe the saved settings, but you could flash the NVRAM with a new/upgrade firmware:I know someone who purchased a second hand brew-boss and the original owner didn’t remove his network info from it. The brew-boss support team want him to ship back his radio they will reprogram it and ship back, but they want something close to 60 USD to do it. Plus time shipping back and forth will end up being a month + without it
Thank you, I will have him try it.I don't know for sure if it will also wipe the saved settings, but you could flash the NVRAM with a new/upgrade firmware:
https://www.brew-boss.com/v/vspfiles/files/pdf/Brew-BossFirmwareUpdateInstructions.pdf
Does anyone know if it’s possible to extend the feets of the brew boss 15gallon COFI basket? I need 3.5” to clear my element.
Did you get an answer on this? I can measure mine if you need it.Does anyone have the measurement of the center pipe for the 15 gallon basket?
They sell them on their webpage and want to pick one up for my basket I’m building.
Anybody have experience using rye in a brew? The manual says don't but I'm wondering how much will cause a problem.
I do a Roggenbier that's 45% rye malt, used about 3/4 pound of rice hulls and I gently stirred the mash often, no issues. My system uses an after market 500u basket with a DIY COFI style center sparge. You can also add a beta glucan rest to help make the mash less sticky, but I've never tried it.
Never used rice hulls. When you say stir do you mean low setting on the pump or are you doing something else?
Thanks for the pointers!
Rice hulls are popular for mashes that contain large percentages of husk-less malt such as wheat or rye, they supply some husk so to speak which allows for easier recirculation and lautering, plus they are relatively cheap and are flavorless.
Because my basket mesh is tighter than a BB COFI 500u vs 800u I always have to throttle the pump back a bit, in addition I stir the mash manually with a big whisk like THIS...
I stir all of my batches and I use the COFI basket. Heck lately I don’t even bother putting the top of the basket on until I get ready to hoist the basket out. I also add the grain with the basket already in the kettle.
I have the 15gal system as well and probably pushed dozen or so beers through this system. My only gripe is there is no redundancy with the controller. My radio quit communicating with the controller in the middle of a mash and I ended up having to finish my beer using my old gas pot. Darin sent me a free radio and everything has worked great ever since. I have the Cofi filter and never had issues if I don’t crush the grain to fine.
Put in some water. Drain it like you would when transferring to a fermentor.On my first run, Its hard to estimate system losses through the plate chiller, hoses, kettle etc ... as well as boil off rate.
I’d like to see if I can get some advice on numbers for a particular recipe. I’ve got my 3 tier system dialed in exactly, but with the brew boss it’s going to be starting from scratch. I’ve never done a full volume mash before. Always fly sparged. I’ve had the luxury of just having extra water in the HLT to make sure I reached final volume.
Is there someone here that minds me going direct with them asking some specific questions about BeerSmith settings? Hate to tie up this thread with it.
I do treat all of my water starting from RO, using a pH meter. Hoping that will help my efficiency here with biab.
No, I don't think that matters either way. Boiloff is just something you need to account for, whether it is 0.1gal or 2gal. It can be used to concentrate high gravity worts also for strong beers.Seems like I read somewhere your boil off rate needs to be under a certain percentage. I think somewhere below 15% but don’t hold me too it. For this reason I have been trying to lower my BO rate.
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