Cheers!

Agreed. The manual's information density is not very high, and the "use" instructions are mixed in with the "assembly" instructions.

Happy to help! If you're looking for a brew day video showing all of the steps we have one here. It goes over the gen3 and gen4 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rLmpmqhhmK_ck3U.html

Happy to help!

Glad to hear it. Good luck on your first brew day!

You are so welcome!

Cheers!

Got mine today and here we are!!

Cheers!

The manual could probably have mentioned this, I had to discover that via an online homebrew forum.

Cheers!

Glad it was helpful!

Cheers!

Thank you!

Hi Ryan, we will be uploading a brew day video sometime in the next month. Cheers

Glad to hear you're liking the Brewzilla and Fermzilla!

What's the volume off a final single batch with this unit.

@@keithwaldner7652 I usually brew a 21L batch so after fermentation it fills a 19L corny keg. You could brew a bit more than that if you wanted to.

@@graintoglass Thank you

Glad it helped!

I just use a jug and pour my sparge water over top. I don't time it or anything.

They work well but I prefer the drill attached grainfather whirlpool/aerator

Cheers

The shipment of Brewzillas we received after we made this video didn't come with the fine mesh screen.

I honestly couldn't find anything other than improved circuit board when I tried to research the differences. At some point I will take apart the 3.1 and 3.1.1 to see if I can spot any internal differences.

@@graintoglass They added an alteration to the programming: there's now *two* "AUTO" modes. One starts the next step's timer immediately upon finishing each programmed step. The other AUTO mode waits until the next step's set temperature has been achieved and THEN starts the timer. I only know this 'cause I saw a review of the v3 (not the 3.1.1) and the reviewer specifically complained about a lack of a preheat version of the timers. Apparently one of the designers eventually saw the review. Haha.

Luckily I live near the manufacturer so I'll be taking the lid to them to get fixed

Hopefully they were able to get that fixed for you.

@@graintoglass Yep they had a quick look at it and gave me a new lid handle on the spot

Hey, if you are using the fine mesh screen I would recommend not using it. Otherwise grain crush might be to fine or if your recipe had a lot of flakes or wheat malt it tends to cause issues. Using a couple hand fulls of rice hulls next time should help. Cheers!

My new unit just arrived and it only has one bottom screen (the one with the threads), and the upper screen with the two little grips.

@@T_Mo271 my local brewstore said apparently they are shipping them without them. They said they had reached out to the company and are waiting for confirmation.

It draws give or take 1500 watts so it will depend on what else is plugged into that circuit. I have yet to run into any issues and I've plugged it in various outlets inside and outside of my house. I leave the mash pipe in the Brewzilla while it heats up.

Sparge water will vary based on amount of grain and batch size. Use a calculator like the one in Brewfather to calculate mash and sparge volumes. On the chiller for the cold water in I have 1/2" tubing connected with a hose clamp that goes to a garden hose fitting and for the hot water out I use high temperature silicon tubing. Cheers

The Grainfather has a very good 3 year warranty, bluetooth connection and a counterflow chiller. Other than that they are the same and I find both make equally good beer. Cheers

I've seen people do it but I personally wouldn't.

It should be fine but I do my best to avoid getting it wet.

1/2" inside 5/8" outside. Cheers

Hello, according to the manual: E3 error: This indicates the boil dry protection has been triggered. This can be triggered for several reasons including: If the BrewZilla has been operated when it has not been filled at least to the minimum liquid fill line. If this happens it will trigger the boil dry error. Please make sure the BrewZilla is always filled to at least the minim fill line. The pump has pumped the boiler dry. For instance if you block off the overflow tube that allows excess liquid to return to the boiler this can result in pumping all the liquid into the malt pipe and then the liquid level in the boiler will be too low and cause this error to occur. Always make sure to have enough liquid in the BrewZilla so even when the pump has pumped liquid into your malt pipe you still have enough in the bottom of the boiler to ensure the boil dry protection has not been triggered. Solids in the boiler such as excessive hops, sugars or other solids. For instance if you pour a kg of sugar into the boiler all at once this will cover the element and act like a blanket. This will allow the element to reach temperatures that are above boiling point and this will result in triggering the boil dry protection. The same thing can happen when excessive hops, and other solids sit and cover up the element. This error may also indicate that a wire may have come loose from a terminal, a wire is connected to the incorrect terminal or the main circuit board/LCD are malfunctioning. I've also heard of many people fixing this error by replacing the circuit board or both circuit board and lcd screen. Just make sure that both are version 3.1.1

Use it instead of the recirculation arm during chilling.

@@graintoglass does it matter what direction it's flowing ?

@@pfunk10sp it shouldn't matter.

Hello, yes I use the false bottom all the time. Not sure why you wouldn't want to, it will block hops and other stuff from getting into the pump.

Maybe your friend is referring to the secondary mash screen? if thats the case then yeah i threw mine away...my sparges were taking HOURS

Ciao, scusa ma ho usato google translate e non sono sicuro di quale sia la tua domanda.

Scusa, intendevo L'efficienza in percentuale dell'impianto generation 3.1.1 35L

@@montefabio8067 Ciao, non sono ancora sicuro di cosa intendi. Se stai chiedendo dell'efficienza del mash, di solito ottengo %75-80.

Not sure, we unfortunately only ship within Canada.

Mate, get an online converter if you can’t do it yourself. He didn’t do this vid just for you. I live in a metric world too and just appreciate what he’s done. Really, it ain’t that hard.