Grainfather has a switch labelled as “normal/mash”. When the switch is at “Normal” position, the heating element runs at maximum power. When it is at “Mash” position, smaller power is used. Therefo...
Dual elements and 3-kettle system
Support of Hop Stands
Hop stands or Post-Boil Hops Additions is gaining popularity along with NEIPA. It should be convenient to have a controller that can help counting time and maintaining the temperature when necessar...
BrewManiacEx v0.2.3 Release
Bugs Fixed PWM display for multiple sensors. Resumption after boil phase. Changes If PID is used during Malt-in., the setting temperature is set to the temperature of Mash-in. Pump ac...
Some thought about temperature control in Kettle-RIMS
I know nothing about kettle-RIMS until Abel Ribeiro and mojonojo mentioned about it. It was a coincidence that I saw people discussing this setup on HBT soon after that. After roughly surveying LO...
PID, PWM, and Doughing-In temperature
This is to clarify the time when PID or PWM is applied. There are a few settings involved: PID Start It specify when PID is applied. Before PID is applied, the heat is fully output. PID Ac...
BrewManiacEx Release v0.2.2[preview]
New features Extended Mash Rest When decoction mashing is used or conversion doesn’t finished, it provides the option to extend the mash rest after the time runs out. During th...
Information of BrewPiLess v1.2.6 and V2.0
I used to think that BrewPi already has everything for fermentation temperature control and there isn’t much to be done. It had been true before release v1.2.5, in which the basic functions of Brew...
BrewManiacEx Release 0.2.1
Add “PID when Doughing-in” option in “PID-PWM” setting. If it is set to “NO”, the heater will be turned off after temperature reached and “Continue? OK” is confirmed, before “Mash-in ...
Mashing temperature, PID tuning, and wort circulation.
This is about my recently finding and thought about mashing temperature measure and control in recirculated E-BIAB. Here is two typical designs of recirculated E-BIAB kettles. The main difference b...
BrewPiLess Release 1.2.5
Showing temperature chart when it is not being recorded The data is saved in a circular buffer good for around 2-3 hours. Moving the temperature control to main page. Temp...