version uses 120V power, so you don't need to have 240V power wired in. Both of these items also make it easy to drop temp below 180F and make whirlpool hop additions.
The magnetic drive pump works very well both for recirculating during the mash and for running the wort through the very efficient counterflow chiller.You can even set the Grainfather to start at a certain time so that by the time you get out of bed, your water is at mash temp and you're ready to dough in. The new Connect controller features bluetooth and a more sophisticated PID for even more control. Digital temp control is great for step mashes and single infusions.The mash basket fully drains into the kettle once lifted out, so you have zero loss from dead space (as is in the bottom of a traditional false bottomed mashtun). It's all 304 stainless, so there's no concern of extracting off flavors or chemical compounds from other materials such as plastic.It is compact, so it's easy to take to a friend's home for a brew day and it stores well, even in homes with little space to spare.Before diving into water specifics, let me go over what I see as the pros and cons of this system. At the time, both Beersmith and the Grainfather calculators failed to give me the water volume numbers I really needed to be consistent it took several brews before I got it dialed in. I was an early adopter of the Grainfather, purchasing one here at the shop as soon as it was available. Like any brew system, the Grainfather has its own quirks, idiosyncrasies, and system numbers that you need to figure out. You can heat up water in your old brew kettle for this purpose, or there's a Grainfather Sparge Water Heater unit that can electrically heat up to 4.8 gallons of sparge water. The one thing you need to add to this all-in-one, is a way to sparge. If you aren't familiar with it, the Grainfather is a stainless all-in-one brew system with a pump, digital controller (now with Bluetooth!), and counterflow chiller. More and more people are making the switch to electric all-grain brewing, and the Grainfather has been instrumental in making this happen.
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