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I'm currently trying to reach mash out temperature. Heater is at 100%, PID is on. I've just watched it go all the way to 74.8c (target of 75), and it then drops all the way to 73.4 while the heater was on the entire time. Seriously, what the ****?

Yeah pump is on, even though I have to blow it every so often as it clogs up. I read somewhere the PID is better off, although I'm having no luck with that so I'll try with it on. RAPT probe is set as the main one as well. It's suspended about halfway in the grain bed. I've set the heater to...

I'm still finding it impossible to maintain a stable mash temperature even when using the RAPT thermometer. I've set my heating hysteresis to 0.3C, however when it gets to 66.6 (when the temperature is set to 67), the heat isn't turning on. In fact, it dropped quite below 67 before it finally...

This is the best deal I've seen these going for in a while. They're from the offical Kegland store on AliExpress. It says £24, but with tax that comes in at about £29. Good deal.

You say that, but I can't find anywhere that it's cheaper than £36. EDIT: Aaaand I misread your post!

I'm interested in buying a RAPT thermometer, and they seem to be cheaper on AliExpress, however there seems to be different types on there for different prices and don't want to buy a dud or scam one. There's this which is actually sold by the Kegland store on Ali, at £30. But there's also...

I'm a bit disappointed by the whirlpool arm. It doesn't actually seem to get much of a whirlpool going at all. I've seen there are modifications you can do to improve it though. I've so far just been doing everything manually because I've not been able to get the mash temp stable yet, unless...

Yeah it's a session pale I've brewed so the ABV doesn't matter much, and I achieved a higher than expected OG so I don't mind a slightly higher FG and a bit more body. It ended up being a 68-69C mash rather than target 66-67C. I do have my own mill, but it's one of those hand ones that I picked...

Pre-crushed from GEB. So I'm unsure. It didn't seem to be particularly different than the many other grains I've ordered from them however.

This is pretty genius. I've got one lying somewhere as well so I'll give that a shot. It shouldn't be hard to suspend it through the hole in the lid as well. How did you manage to calibrate the PID? I've had a look but I've got no idea what any of the abbreviations are. Was there a particular...

I had it 100%, and I tried playing around with the ball lock at different levels to see if it had any impact (it didn't). It kept making a weird sounding noise, which makes me think that was it trying to pump wort when there was no wort to pump. But also, it might have just been getting blocked...

The mash thickness was 3.8 l/kg. I don't think my grist was particularly weird - pale ale (59.5%), vienna (18%), munich (12%), and cara 50 (10.5%). I can't remember where I got this from, I'm fairly sure it was online I found it somewhere, and just changed the hop additions. I initially had the...

I just had a bit of a weird brew day with my BZ4, and I'm not even sure if this was a problem of the BZ4. The pump kept blocking, a lot, and the temperature was crazy all over the place. When I finally finished the mash, I pulled the grain basket up and found the wort to be running incredibly...

Great info fluketamer. Think I'll hold off the larger 8L PET kegs. I never have that much extra after filling a corny, and if they aren't much smaller than a corny, then I have the same problem of trying to chill them to serve when away from my keezer. I do like the look of those other smaller...

Relighting this as I'm interested in these PET kegs as party kegs. How well do the 8L kegs sit in a fridge on their side? And are you able to then serve from them this way?