A German Home-brewery

[Zwickel]

gday Brew-Mates,

I just thought, that some people are interested to see how a german homebrewerie looks like.

well, here some pics of my equipment:

first the source of all pleasure, the malt:

then the maltmill:

the mashpott:

inside the mashpott:

the Wort-Pump:

boiling the wort with this equipment, 86Litres each:

for doing the whirlpool, I made a ring of copper with a silicon-tube:

while whirlpooling, looks like this:

will be continued...

 

[Jazzafish]

Awesome,

Keep them coming!

 

[spog]

what a set up, can you tell us how you set up the stirring attatchment and motor,first class set up.

 

[warrenlw63]

Nice gear Zwickel. :beerbang:

You have a very unusual malt mill. What kind is it? :unsure:

Warren -

 

[Zwickel]

what a set up, can you tell us how you set up the stirring attatchment and motor,first class set up.

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this motor is from a driving-unit of a garage-door:

just made a big hole in the middle of the lid and attach the motor.
the stirrer is made by stainless-steel.
Im using a frequency-controller to control the speed of the stirrer.

You have a very unusual malt mill. What kind is it?

thats a very old coffee-mill, from the 1950s.
befor I was using this one, but I was not satisfied:

my old coffeemill is doing a very good job, 10kg malt in a few minutes.

Cheers

 

[Kai]

Nice poster.

 

[peas_and_corn]

How long did it take for you to get all the parts of this setup?

 

[Zwickel]

How long did it take for you to get all the parts of this setup?

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well, I got the Idea to brew my own beer whilst a holiday-stay in Australia.
I met some nice people there who teached me how to do.
Then took a Can of Coopers Lager with me back home.
That time I didnt know anything about homebrewing.

Back home, I searched the Internet for informations about homebrewing and found a very nice brewboard right here in Germany. I started buying books about homebrewing and then I made a plan.

It tooks me almost one year to get all the equipment Im using right now.
Most of things Im using is not supposed to be a brewing-gear.
I got stuck of this matter now

Prost

 

[Gambrinus]

Very nice, Mr.Zwickel!
Where are You from(city)?

Alex

 

[Zwickel]

Very nice, Mr.Zwickel!
Where are You from(city)?

Alex

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Hello and thank you Alex,

Im from Homburg/Saarland, not far (30km) from the metropolis of Saarland, Saarbrcken.

Cheers

 

[Gambrinus]

I was near. I have a friends and any from my family live in Reinald Pfaltz(Mainz and Bad Kroitzbah)

Best regards, Alex

 

[BrissyBrew]

What is the best german brewboard you have found.
I use to read a few of the belgium ones using google translator, even the eye candy communicates ideas.

 

[Gambrinus]

I think about www.freetranslation.com -- multylanguage translation

 

[BrissyBrew]

Just assessing and finding a good brew board in another language is the hassle. But I always have a look using a translation tool on the web, the most bizzare site I found was a chinese brewing site, translation was not too great, but it seems they have yeast plating down pat.

 

[Zwickel]

What is the best german brewboard you have found.

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gday mates,

the best brewboard in Germany is www.hobbybrauer.de
you may also change the board-language into english by clicking a button, look around a little bit.

for translation Im using sometimes http://babelfish.altavista.com/

Cheers

 

[Linz]

you may also change the board-language into english by clicking a button

Cheers

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Which button???

 

[Zwickel]

Which button???

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oh sorry Linz, they changed the layout, the button has disappeared :angry:

 

[Jazman]

i have been on hobby brewer use google to translate it a bit of a pita but if you post in english a few can speak it and reply but i find it a bit a of problem navigating the site

 

[Darren]

I was told recently that homebrewing in Germany was illegal?
Obviously it is a myth?
Nice set-up by the way
cheers
Darren

 

[tangent]

"I use to read a few of the belgium ones using google translator, even the eye candy communicates ideas."
What a great idea!
Never thought of getting it right from the Belgians....
Thanks Brizzybrew.