Now, I am not posting this to say hey 'look at me' or promote it. We have hand built our ½ barrel (15 Gallon) electric pilot system to help us produce a consistent product and achieve our ultimate goal of recipe replication on a 15 barrel (465 Gallon) professional system.Just as the title of the thread reads, I am opening a LHBS. Our new electric set up is designed to mirror the process and functionality of professional breweries. And with that, we started building a pilot system (based on The Electric Brewery design). In short, we needed to update our brew system to afford more control over each batch. What I found was that while our (previous) home brew system produced great beer, we had very little control and our batches could vary from batch to batch. One of the worst things I can think of as a brewer would be for us to produce a great batch of beer and have people enjoy it, only to not be able to reproduce those results on the next batch! That's how you lose the faith of your customer base. "Professional brewers need to be able to reproduce the same recipe over and over. I look forward to many many years of quality brewing and I will be passing your box and my rig on to my kids one day!” I'm not just saying this, as my friends and family are always asking me now what I am brewing next, or saying after tasting my latest brew, 'You know you could sell this beer!!'. Needless to say because of this my beers have already advanced to the next level. I get excited and look forward to brew days now, where the temps are easily held at whatever temp I need and the precise control is at your fingertips. I have already brewed several times with the new control box and my new rig, and it is an absolute pleasure to use. The pictures do not do it justice and you really have to see it in person. Put your doubt and skepticism aside this control box is the real deal and it delivers. It is hard to lay out this kind of cash for a product unseen on the internet, but if anyone out there is considering purchasing this control box and is on the fence, I can highly recommend it, and I'd say go for it. Mike you did an outstanding job assembling this work of art! It really is a pleasure to do business with a company as solid as you guys. You even used high quality name brand XLR connectors for the temp probes. You didn't skimp on the quality of any of the parts used in constructing this box. The texture of the powder coating is awesome and the wiring is so clean and tight. “ I can't get over the quality of my control box. Thank you Kal and Mike from me and my brew crew!" This system can handle both without any issue. I am a hop head and stout fan and love double IPAs and rich chocolatey imperial stouts. I find that on this system cleanup is a breeze. When asked what brewing is like by buddies who don't brew, the usual answer is, 'A lot of cleaning that results in beer!'. I have now brewed ten beers on the system and have my eight taps brimming with top notch beers! I went so far as to replicate Kal's bar/brewery layout in a way that fit my space, and I liked the brew controller so much that I built my own fermentation and refrigeration controller using the same box, LED color scheme and other elements to make them look like a matched pair. The reviews from other brewers on the build and use of his system convinced me and my brew buddies that an all electric indoor system laid out in Kal's configuration was the way to go. I spent a year researching brew configurations and based on my research and personal experience, Kal's system was my choice. "I have been home brewing for over 25 years and decided it was time to build the ultimate brew system that would give me the precision and repeatability I was looking for from brew to brew.
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