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BrewPi

@brewpi DIY MKII

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I have been Busy in the workshop, remaking the original DIY Brewpi !
It’s now in a similar case to my other BrewPi Cool

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remade the front panel

and made a rats nest on the DIY shield board Surprised

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On this one I also decided to have a power switch and a resettable fuse Big Boss

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here are some inside shots

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LCD with I2C controller

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overview of SSR’s and 5V supply..

Now All I have to do is get my head around some C++ to try and add the I2C display into the Code Confused

General

BrewShed Update !

After the cold winter and harsh spring  it’s time that I finished my shed,

I Removed All the existing worktops and started insulating..

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After a days Work  Half of the end walls were done…
 and the worktop was back in place

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Sunday Arrived and the B&Q at Thornbury, Bradford  thwarted my plans,
they only had Green waterproof board in stockUgh!

I think it’d look very odd 1/2 green ….so I finished insulating the top 1/2 with Eco friendly insulation made from 88 plastic bottles Cool
and then remade my CO2 board Smile

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Home Brew

BrewDay 21st April

This was planned to be a Brewday with Paul from the Waggon and Horses in York, but due to staffing issues he couldn’t make it so I brewed by myself and created Dana’s Case… OG1.040

 

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I substituted the yeast for a packet the Safale US-05 and upped the Cascade aroma by 5g hop fully nice but not too strong…

 

 

 

 

 

Home Brew

Dana’s Delight MKII

 

Kegs jet washed and left to drain on Sunday in preparation for  bruclens before  monday evening

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Monday Evening Dana’s delight final Gravity reading (OG was 1.056 ),

Now all I have to do is leave it for 3-4 weeks….

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Latest Brews

The Russian Imperial Stout brewed on the 18th of March is still in the Secondary, Roused every day and it’s still giving off co2…
The Dana’s Delight SMaSH is still fermenting put on on the 1s of April using the following profile for my @brewpi

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I best measure the gravity ang get it all Kegged and Bottled Soon