Braumeister 20L

[Shane Phelan]

I put the order though this evening. 

[bier]

There is now a forum dedicated only to braumeisters.. its still pretty new but some good info on there about the system..
https://forum.braumeisters.net/

[Partridge9]

Interesting engouh alright.

I am looking at replacing my tap to something 'usable'

Looks like I need

1/2" X 3/4" Hex Nipple
1/2" 2 piece ball valve

or this one ?
Anyone attempted this ? Any advice ?

[TheCavanMan]

Can't give any details at this time but there is an Irish made alternative in final testing and due for launch in 1st quarter of '14  at a fraction of the price of the Braumeister

I'll post as soon as I can arrange for one to be Beta tested by members here

Parrot

Did this product ever go to market, if so, anyone know where you can get one or the cost?

[Parrot]

Sorry to say the funding evaporated and the project flopped

P

[Partridge9]

New to Beersmith...

here is my 20l equipment profile for the Braumeister...  look ok  ?? 

Long story short... I fill her up to the top mark, sparge with 3 litres. Generally end up with just under the top mark for the boil (I think that 25l)
and my waste is about 2 L .  So all in all I end up with 21 / 22 litres in a normal batch

For hoppy IPAs its around the 19 litre mark, due to additional hop loss.

[Partridge9]

now that I think of it, its the second mark for the boil..

or is it...

oh god I've only brewed a half a million times on the thing ..

[DEMPSEY]

Is your efficiency only 75%.

[Partridge9]

That should read .. 72% ! 

[DEMPSEY]

That's very poor. My grainfather is 86%.

[molc]

Looks pretty good. Mash and fill level are controlled by your mash profile. Set the Kg/L ratio there for each batch to balance fill level.

[Leann ull]

Beersmith has a default BM profile you can insert as your default equipment profile.
72 is very low I would have expected 80-85 unless you were doing a monster beer and then I'd dial back 5-7 points
Loads about in on your dedicated BM forum, I sometimes hang out there like Tiny Tim hanging outside the butchers window staring at the Turkey
https://forum.braumeisters.net/viewforum.php?f=11

[molc]

Only getting about 75 myself, but I haven't concentrated in milling or sparging efficiency. The joy of homebrewers - stopping at 1.020 isn't a bad thing

[Leann ull]

Is not really about how efficient our systems are or that we can use less grain as that just gets into a cock waving competition (82-85 avg 90 best ever)
But getting numbers right so we don't all prematurely kill ourselves from alcohol is where I'm at, I prefer to always be on the lower end and really stretch myself with a higher efficiency target

do you stir once half way through?
It's that bag, it's like a pair or tighty whitees, you need to let it all hand loose and free...maaann

[johnrm]