Andrew Hodgson
Well-Known Member
I had another brew day on my v2 120v system yesterday. I will say I have been able to adapt to the system and cut down the time of my brewday a good amount. I turned on the controller at around 10A and finished the entire brew-day including clean-up by 3:30P ( I had an assistant for the cleaning).
I found that the best way to do it obviously would be to set up the rig the night before with your brewing water and then when you wake up turn it on immediately. I did the next best thing and when I woke up I put 2.5 gallons in a normal pot on my stove on high while I set up, when I started adding water to get my full volume the total water was already about 120F which cut down on the heating time to mash temperatures considerably.
Then I experienced a really pleasant surprise when I removed my grain let it drain and turned the rig up to 100% power, I was at 207 in about 40 minutes, with the kettle wrapped in insulation and a sleeping bag. I have used this setup before and had it still take close to an hour, I will not complain and hope it goes this quickly moving forward. Maybe my time checking is inaccurate because I can't figure out why there would be such a discrepancy although my last batch was a huge grain bill compared to yesterday's and I reckon that plays a factor.
Grain bill was 13lbs of Marris Otter for a Mosaic SMaSH, because I suck at IPA's and need to learn.
I found that the best way to do it obviously would be to set up the rig the night before with your brewing water and then when you wake up turn it on immediately. I did the next best thing and when I woke up I put 2.5 gallons in a normal pot on my stove on high while I set up, when I started adding water to get my full volume the total water was already about 120F which cut down on the heating time to mash temperatures considerably.
Then I experienced a really pleasant surprise when I removed my grain let it drain and turned the rig up to 100% power, I was at 207 in about 40 minutes, with the kettle wrapped in insulation and a sleeping bag. I have used this setup before and had it still take close to an hour, I will not complain and hope it goes this quickly moving forward. Maybe my time checking is inaccurate because I can't figure out why there would be such a discrepancy although my last batch was a huge grain bill compared to yesterday's and I reckon that plays a factor.
Grain bill was 13lbs of Marris Otter for a Mosaic SMaSH, because I suck at IPA's and need to learn.