Grainfather

[DarraghKS]

I've one of the jackets as well. Never tried without it. The jacket doesn't fit all the way around in mine either. I've read that there's a lot like that. So I just used some Velcro backing to fasten it together. I seem to take about 30 mins in average to reach boil but it really depends on the size of the grain bill as well as what's in it, wheat, Barley, malt etc.

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[Will_D]

Then of course there is always the North County Solution:

"Shed loads of money/loads of free time" and you get one of these:

http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie/forum/index.php/topic,9390.msg134563.html#msg134563

[DEMPSEY]

It pays to not skip over the reading material you get with equipment as I have being putting the lid on my grainfather during boil and the bleedin thing keep's insisting on trying to boil over with it having success when i am not watching  . You do not leave the lid on during boil

[imark]

It pays to not skip over the reading material you get with equipment as I have being putting the lid on my grainfather during boil and the bleedin thing keep's insisting on trying to boil over with it having success when i am not watching  . You do not leave the lid on during boil

Ah Dempsey... You DMS fiend

[delzep]

It pays to not skip over the reading material you get with equipment as I have being putting the lid on my grainfather during boil and the bleedin thing keep's insisting on trying to boil over with it having success when i am not watching  . You do not leave the lid on during boil

noob 

[DEMPSEY]

What,there is a hole in the top you know,...jeez

[Archsnapper]

Just had a brew day with my new great coat made out of a camping mat. My brew day was shorter but what struck me most was that the mash temperature was maintained better. Best value for 15€ in a long time.

[Pheeel]

I was a bit unhappy with the profile in Beersmith for the GF. I came across this PDF to set the right GF profile 

[DEMPSEY]

Have you tested it out.

[Pheeel]

No but it was pretty close to the profile and batch size I was going to go with next time. I'll give it a go in couple of weeks time

[DEMPSEY]

Just realized that that's the same download I got a few pages back. It is perfect to produce 19 liters finished into a corney but the water rate is still not the same as Grainfather.

[Acott]

Brewed with the graincoat on Saturday, what a difference! Temps held so well during mash, still taking longer than i'd like with getting to boil, but it'll do right!

I'm going to give that GF beersmith profile a go for the next brew

[DEMPSEY]

Anyone know if you can do decoction

[Pheeel]

http://grainfatherweeklymash.blogspot.ie/2015/05/week-23-decoction-mashing.html

Apparently so but I can't vouch for it

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Heres a small video review of the new GF Control Box:


GRAINFATHER CONNECT BLUETOOTH CONTROLLER REVIEW PART ONE

https://youtu.be/6dY2QiqwpE4

I'm liking the fact that you can use your old control box for something else now too.  I expect to see full "here's what I did with my old one" posts 

This does look like a pretty sweet update in fairness though and he doesnt even get into using the app yet either.