Robobrew owners question
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Robobrew owners question
When you rack your wort into the fermenter, do you use the pump or the valve ?
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Re: Robobrew owners question
I use the pump myself. I recirc throught the pump during cooling and then transfer into the carboy
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Re: Robobrew owners question
I have been using the valve and leaving the rest in the kettle in fear of ending up with lots of trub in the fermenter.
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Re: Robobrew owners question
Good to know, that will give me a couple extra liters
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Re: Robobrew owners question
I also use the ball-lock valve.
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Re: Robobrew owners question
I use the valve and pour vigorously into the fermentor to get oxygen in.
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Re: Robobrew owners question
Valve here as well, with a small piece of tubing and an aerator on the end of it to aid with a bit of oxygen.
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Re: Robobrew owners question
Sounds like that's the method I will stick with. I've watched lots of YouTube videos with people using the pump as well , just wanted to see what the brewnosers were doing. Thanks for all the input
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Re: Robobrew owners question
Here is another question. Does anyone perform mash recirculation with the robobrew?
I haven't been lately after I ran into some sediment problems and clogging but I just realized if you don't at least a bit then the water under the malt pipe doesn't get exposed to grain. On my next brew I'm going to start at least a short mash recirculation.
I haven't been lately after I ran into some sediment problems and clogging but I just realized if you don't at least a bit then the water under the malt pipe doesn't get exposed to grain. On my next brew I'm going to start at least a short mash recirculation.
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Re: Robobrew owners question
I recirc for the full duration of the mash. I haven't had an issue to date.CartoonCod wrote:Here is another question. Does anyone perform mash recirculation with the robobrew?
I haven't been lately after I ran into some sediment problems and clogging but I just realized if you don't at least a bit then the water under the malt pipe doesn't get exposed to grain. On my next brew I'm going to start at least a short mash recirculation.
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Re: Robobrew owners question
Same here
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Re: Robobrew owners question
I always recirc, sometimes I will slow the flow down though so it drains through the grains well and isn't using the overflow pipe.
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Re: Robobrew owners question
Is there anywhere local to buy a Brewzilla on site? I can't do 5 gallon batches on my system and would legit just go pick one of these up today if I could.
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Re: Robobrew owners question
I think Noble Grape in Burnside has some.
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Re: Robobrew owners question
Maritime Wine and Beer is likely the only spot you may find one.
Noble Grape is a Grain Father spot still right?
Noble Grape is a Grain Father spot still right?
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MW&B had 1 ne in stock last week.
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Thanks guys, MW&B doesn't have it anymore (can still get them) and NG has 1 left that I may go check out later today.
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Re: Robobrew owners question
...and my Robobrew just caught on fire in my kitchen. Lots of smoke and some black spots on my coffee table but no major damage. Now I have to decide if I'm going to fix it or just use it as a mash tun with a pump. This was the Robobrew v3.0 but I thought I had bought it after they had fixed the fire issue.
Any word if the Robobrew v3.1's (or are those called Brewzilla's now) have caught on fire? Those Grainfathers are looking pretty nice right now.
Any word if the Robobrew v3.1's (or are those called Brewzilla's now) have caught on fire? Those Grainfathers are looking pretty nice right now.
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Yikes!
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What happened? Did the heating element blow out or the circuit board? I had my board fry about a year ago, loud, smoky, and horrible smelling. Was a pretty straight forward fix though.
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Re: Robobrew owners question
The circuit board is fried, the element and pump look good. I'll take some pics later. The wires are a bit black but some should be salvageable. There were a few loud pops kind of like when you pour water on really hot stainless.
Did you just get a new circuit board and wire it in? I'm hoping I can fix it. Did you get any kind of vendor or manufacturer support when it happened? I bought it from Dave so I'm out of luck on that end. I'm thinking OBK or Kegland might help out.
Did you just get a new circuit board and wire it in? I'm hoping I can fix it. Did you get any kind of vendor or manufacturer support when it happened? I bought it from Dave so I'm out of luck on that end. I'm thinking OBK or Kegland might help out.
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Yeah, I bought the 3.1 board and screen from OBK. The 3.1 board isn't compatible with the 3.0 screen so both have to be replaced. Rewiring it is fairly straightforward, OBK has a diagram available. I found it a little confusing, but if you take before pics so you know which is which you should be fine. Pretty easy repair all around
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Cool thanks! I've been doing some digging and it looks like lots of people have the same issue. Good to know the 3.1 upgrade works. I just hope my wiring is still ok, I might have to replace a few melted sections.
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