What are you doing with homebrew today?
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Mashing in for my Miabock that a buddy requested.
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brewing today, giving a shot from my security camera
Monitoring temps and gravity via my tilt. Once it hits 1.020 I’ll put my normal corny lid and spunding valve on. About 4 points to go for that.
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I like the computer version of all of the temperatures, does that come straight off of your control panel? Would be nice to see my temps when I walk away from the system while it is running. Mine is setup in the basement.
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no that's an esp32 set up with a local server and separate temp probes, the esp32 sends a signal to my ubuntu server with a custom script I created with influx dB and Grafana installed on it, it's all local so I just pull up the local ip to view
Got the cream ale down to cellaring temp and will let it chill out until Tuesday. Otherwise working on future recipes and putting in an ingredient order to pick up tomorrow from the LHBS. Next brew day should be Wednesday
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Got it, so you had to add additional probes to your setup, not a bad idea. Looks great, easy way to view what is going on without being clued to the system.
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yes on the phone or pc, I can also cast to the tv if needed but I like to just keep a laptop near me so I can just glance at it
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for the temp probe I use a long thermowell that hangs from the side
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Well that was fun. Boil complete, everything hooked up to the counter flow cooler and when I started the pump one of the lines on the hot side sprung a leak. What a sticky mess to clean up. Miabock moved to the fermenter, cleaning up the boil and mash tank (and floor) so I can call it a day.
The heat loosened the pipework?
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I use silicone tubing and sprang a leak in the tubing at the quick disconnect. Probably just a few to many bends o. It.
Building a yeast starter for Herm’s Amber Ale. For previous batches, I have used US-05, or slurries of the same. This time, I’m using White Labs WLP090, San Diego Super Yeast, something new and different. The shop keeper at lhbs suggested this was a good choice, lacking temperature control. And I think he just likes to keep me making starters since he sold me the stir plate. As I have stated before, I don’t know how extract Brewers deal with DME. It’s hydrophilic nature makes it such a mess to work with.
My friend tried to add a pound of DME to his brew yesterday and cut off a corner of the bag. He literally could not get it to pour out because the DME clumped up and clogged the hole instantly...
A while back @Trialben posted a thread about using liquid extract for starters. If I could get LME cheap and in small containers I’d make that my normal but I feel your pain @Herm_brews I make a mess every time
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On another note (maybe it should be in brewers DIY)
I attached an input cable to my solar system, so I can now use all type of equipmentthat takes higher amps, run via genny and have excess power going into batteries.
So I can now run my mash kettle, but still need to find the malted barley
I attached an input cable to my solar system, so I can now use all type of equipmentthat takes higher amps, run via genny and have excess power going into batteries.
So I can now run my mash kettle, but still need to find the malted barley
