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I agree. My issues were expecting it to be pre set to a full brew. It just needs a bit more trial and error than I thought. But after running it several times I think I have it down and just going to run some half batches for my next 3 to 4 brews

I now think mine was down to user error for the most part. I have just been running a trial on a half batch size with the PID settings as recommended. I set a mash of 67 degrees and overshot to start but then really settled down. This was at 100% power so I think it might be worth setting it to...

Having read a lot and messed about i lot I do tend to agree i think I jumped in out of excitement with a full brew expecting it to be pretty much set up to brew from the get go when it certainly isn't. One problem I do have though which does seem to be an issue is grain getting into the wort...

Thanks for that I will order a heat exchange dish and give it a try as changing the PID for different batch sizes might be a pain if I decide to do that. I am just going to run half batch sizes for the next few brews as I think I have wasted a full batch on this first go round.

Yeah quite a few. I have learnt a lot reading through everyone of these as I experienced every issue going. Mash temps all over, couldn't get a boil and loads of grain in my wort. Hopefully this can help what I have learnt from the other thread summed up. PID is really needed for mashing but...

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I have just finished running a trial as I went put and bought a temperature probe. Put in cold water out of a tap and recallobarated point one. Put in some hot water and recallobrated point 2 to the hot water. Turned the pid off and set it away. It did get to 102 degrees on the display bit temp...

It was set at 100%. I so think it could be a callobration issue as yesterday when bringing to the boil it hit 99.5. Then I was messing with the settings and today with just water as a trial it was only getting to 98.2. It gets there pretty quick though so can't understand why it stops getting hotter

I didn't for my actual brew but today ran jt with just water PID off and set to 105 still only got to 98.7

It did look like it was boiling but not very vigorous. Does it matter that much as long as the water is bubbling a little? If this is fine then I will need to get the mod for the bottom plate and maybe recalibrate the sensors.

Just to bring this one back alive as I am looking for some help. I did my first all grain brew yesterday in BZ gen 4 without heat exchange dish and the mash temps were all over the place but this pay have been the PID settings as I assumed it would come out the box correct and they weren't but...

Yeah I ended up going for a gen 4. Just going to start watching some YouTube videos on the software etc to try and get my head around it all.

Just a quick update and a thank you too. I have managed to get one ordered from the guys at brewkegtap. Thanks for the help and support. First brew over the Christmas break.

Thanks for this, I have dropped them an email, hopefully they have some left.

Just looked on the website and can't see returns page etc. How do I find this as I don't mind at all Cheers

Well since I have been making beer kits of which I have made 3 I get thoigh it pretty quick because it is in. But making a kit every couple months does the job which I don't have to buy beers in so I suppose doing a brew every 2 months a 35l would be fine?

Thats what I am thinking but I'm also thinking sort of start small as I'm new to it, but long term would I regret buying a 35l one. Don't want to invest too much at the same time incase I don't get the results I want from my lack of knowledge

Not local unfortunately as that would be a good price. I am thinking the 35l brewzilla 3.1.1 from brewkeg tap as currently get a few accessories thrown in for 320, just not sure if its worth spending an extra 1po to get either bigger volume or get the brewzilla 4

I did think of doing BIAB but heard it can be a bit of a pain for the volume you get out. I'm mainly wondering if it is worth the extra for a WiFi connected one or just go with a manual one and save 100 quid or so

Hi New here and learnt a lot from just reading already. I have done a few beer kits and have been wanting to give all grain a go for a while but not sure which all in one to buy. I know this will have been asked many times but want an up to date opinion. options I am looking at are brewmonk b40...