Ha! We seem to be heading down the same path, albeit I’m somewhat behind you…
I was looking at building a braumeister style thing but the grainfather (I assume you’re talking about) seems to fit the bill. Although I do wonder how long the 2kW element will take to heat the water.
I really want to go 60L brew length though so I may end up with my design yet…
I brewed this http://www.insidebeer.com/articles/20100527 at the weekend, hopefully it’ll turn out alright, was an amazing colour.
Think I might try the full volume BIAB if you’re hitting 70% with it, seems like it’s not worth doing anymore faff if it’s working for you and you’re hitting your volumes into fermentor.
Great tip on Nikobrew, thanks for that. Also if you tell Rob the Maltmiller that the grain is for BIAB he does a slightly different crush for you. I think there is a notes thing during checkout.
Very well done on your results at the beer marking, I need to sort a few things out prior to attempting that, like water treatment and temp control on the fermenting cupboard.
We should do a recipe share, are you using beer engine?
EDIT: Perhaps we can do a joint order to Nikobrew at some point if it saves costs