Ag Equipment Finished

[Borret]

Some nice work there Jye.

But I'm not sure about the title of the thread. I don't believe a brewing system is ever 'finished'. Just progressively more refined.

Borret

 

[Jye]

I am afraid he's right Jye , I had a braid filter the same as that , great with plugs but big pellet additions clogged it. I was forever knocking it with my paddle to get a flow

Thanks for telling me that now, Im pretty sure I stole the idea from you will know in a weeks time how it goes.

welcome to the world of AG Jye - there's no going back - where abouts in Brisbane are you?

Im in Runcorn and get my supplies from the slacks creek HBS, I think I remember reading that you get some grain from there, whats the range like?

But I'm not sure about the title of the thread. I don't believe a brewing system is ever 'finished'. Just progressively more refined.

I was afraid of that

 

[Brizbrew]

Nice setup you have there mate, I am well jealous of your shiny kegs, mine are a bit "weathered" but will do the job no doubt.

What size copper pipe do you guys use for the pick up in the kettle? At the moment I have 1/2 inch will that be big enough?

 

[Justin]

1/2" and Yep.

 

[Asher]

Jye - Give the braid a go.. It may be OK
Here's a pic of my Kettle taken nearing the end of the pump to fermentors. I ended up using a slotted copper manifold and can pretty well suck the kettle dry if I choose...
I CF Chill by the way.



Asher for now

 

[warrenlw63]

Jye - Give the braid a go.. It may be OK
Here's a pic of my Kettle taken nearing the end of the pump to fermentors. I ended up using a slotted copper manifold and can pretty well suck the kettle dry if I choose...
I CF Chill by the way.

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Asher for now

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2 Things with Asher's manifold.

1 It's copper with (I think) the holes on the bottom. Less chance of clogging than braid due to larger holes.

2 Most importantly... Asher has the circumference a lot wider than Jye's taking the manifold away from the centre of the hop sludge.

Still think that Jye is courting disaster with his design. That said it's all just a hunch. :unsure:

Warren -

 

[Jye]

The ID of the HLT pipe is 16mm and the kettle is 10mm, can not remember what they are in inches

 

[Jye]

Do you think it would be possible to just but a longer piece of ss braided in and then whirlpool to get the hops into the centre away from it?

 

[warrenlw63]

Would probably be far safer Jye. Batz is more or less speaking from experience. He encountered blockages with the same configuration.

Warren -

 

[ausdb]

Jye - Give the braid a go.. It may be OK
Here's a pic of my Kettle taken nearing the end of the pump to fermentors. I ended up using a slotted copper manifold and can pretty well suck the kettle dry if I choose...
I CF Chill by the way.

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Hi Asher,
Nice to see the pic in your kettle, after our conversation about kettles last night. Your copper manifold looks pretty high up doesnt it leave a lot in the bottom?

Cheers Ausdb

 

[lefty2446]

The ID of the HLT pipe is 16mm and the kettle is 10mm, can not remember what they are in inches

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5/8" and 3/8" respectivly.
HTH Someone.

Adrian

 

[Ross]

welcome to the world of AG Jye - there's no going back - where abouts in Brisbane are you?

Im in Runcorn and get my supplies from the slacks creek HBS, I think I remember reading that you get some grain from there, whats the range like?

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They have a huge range of grains now......

 

[Jye]

Cheers Ross, I will be down there tomorrow morning getting supplies for my first brew day on Wednesday...muhahahaha

 

[Jye]

As Borret stated

I don't believe a brewing system is ever 'finished'

Here is the addition of the burner :beerbang:

 

[Jye]

Well it happened today...the kettle got clogged with hops (9 plugs of cascade doing a SFPA) with about 2 L of wort left. I eventually got it out by pushing the hops around, what a pita :angry: but it looks like I will be taking the braid out and replacing it.

Thanks for the heads up guys

PS I will be kegging the first AG APA on Wednesday :beerbang:

 

[ausdb]

Well it happened today...the kettle got clogged with hops (9 plugs of cascade doing a SFPA) with about 2 L of wort left. I eventually got it out by pushing the hops around, what a pita :angry: but it looks like I will be taking the braid out and replacing it.

Thanks for the heads up guys

PS I will be kegging the first AG APA on Wednesday :beerbang:

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I had that happen too last Saturday

Ausdb

 

[Justin]

Hi there, your boiler looks the goods. Bummer it clogged. FWIW I don't use any filter in my kettle and have no problems, it's not an essential piece of equipment having a filter.

A quick question though, how did your burner go getting a good boil? It just looks like there isn't much space between the bottom of the keg rim for the exhaust fumes and heat to escape. Looks like a pretty good seal there considering how hard those burners are supposed to run. I just would have thought they'd need a bit more of a gap to vent the heat and stuff. If it works fine then no real worries but if you found your boil lacking a bit then this may be a problem. Just thought I'd comment.

We all have teething problems, wouldn't be fun without them hey . It'd all be too easy

Cheers, Justin

 

[warrenlw63]

Well it happened today...the kettle got clogged with hops (9 plugs of cascade doing a SFPA) with about 2 L of wort left. I eventually got it out by pushing the hops around, what a pita :angry: but it looks like I will be taking the braid out and replacing it.

Thanks for the heads up guys

PS I will be kegging the first AG APA on Wednesday

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Justin,

Wholeheartedly agree. It's easy to become obsessed with crystal clear wort hitting the fermenters. IMO it's not totally necessary though.

Jye,

I would hate to say I told you so. Those braids are just a blockage waiting to happen. The surface area that allows the liquid to pass through would be very sensitive to fines and sludge.

It's probably a good idea not to be too hung up on how much muck makes it through to your fermenters (within reason).

For plugs I would just have gone with a plain pickup tube and maybe pushing a copper or S/S scourer over the end. This works as a pretty good trap to stop hop leaves filtering through. No good for pellets though. Just a plain tube and whirlpool works best here. :beerbang:

Don't worry Jye, main thing is your beer made it through in tact. Things could have been worse.

Warren -

 

[big d]

yep braid can be a pain.what im using at the moment quite successfully is ss screen.kinda like fly screen but a tad larger.cut it from one of those cheap strainers you can get at woolies.
worth a shot to keep some of the debri out.


cheers
big d

 

[Jye]

Justin, I never thought to leave a gap <_< ... it is probably a good idea but at the moment I am getting a good boil by the time the sparge goes in (batch sparging) so I am happy with its performance.

I would hate to say I told you so

Go ahead you can say it

Cheers
Jye :beer: