mobrien
Stubborn Scientist Brewing
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Hi guys,
Fired up the renovated brewery today - what an awesome day! So much easier!
The improvements are:
a) New Brewstand! c/o the ozbrewer sale
B) New boiler - 80L c/o the ozbrewer sale
c) New imersion chiller c/o the ozbrewer sale
d) Hose snaplocks on all connections
e) New transfer hoses - clear for wort with snaplocks, hose for water. All c/o bunnings who now sell "brew hose" in 2m lengths.
f) Sight gauges/glasses on boiler and HLT - latest build project of mine dealt with elsewhere.
The combination of all of these made the biggest difference.
To start with, underletting the grain was easy as. People were concerned about my sight gauge being on the HLT outlet and me getting depressed readings. This was totally fine in practice. In fact, the depressed reading (1L or so) is a great safety factor - no chance of overheating the grain. I always check the temp of the grist with 1L to add, so this works well with the way I brew. In fact I'm calling it a design feature. It works in reverse when filling the HLT, as the pressurised hose clips onto the outlet, increasing the reading. This works as a safety feature here too - I can't overfill the HLT. Like I said, I'm calling it a design feature!
Next the snaplock fittings on all the hoses just make life easy. Easy. So easy.
The stand means no lifting - well not much anyway. Gravity is my friend.
The big boiler is awesome. No boil over. Not even a chance of a boile over. Not even a hint of a boile over. The froth only came 3/4 of the way up. Burner on full bore the whole time. Did I mention no boil over?
The new chiller has about twice the hose length as my old one. Its about twice as good as cooling stuff down. Its fast. It saves water. It cools wort. Does it get any better?
Anyway, it was a streamlined and easy brewday. No hitches. Awesome!
M
Fired up the renovated brewery today - what an awesome day! So much easier!
The improvements are:
a) New Brewstand! c/o the ozbrewer sale
B) New boiler - 80L c/o the ozbrewer sale
c) New imersion chiller c/o the ozbrewer sale
d) Hose snaplocks on all connections
e) New transfer hoses - clear for wort with snaplocks, hose for water. All c/o bunnings who now sell "brew hose" in 2m lengths.
f) Sight gauges/glasses on boiler and HLT - latest build project of mine dealt with elsewhere.
The combination of all of these made the biggest difference.
To start with, underletting the grain was easy as. People were concerned about my sight gauge being on the HLT outlet and me getting depressed readings. This was totally fine in practice. In fact, the depressed reading (1L or so) is a great safety factor - no chance of overheating the grain. I always check the temp of the grist with 1L to add, so this works well with the way I brew. In fact I'm calling it a design feature. It works in reverse when filling the HLT, as the pressurised hose clips onto the outlet, increasing the reading. This works as a safety feature here too - I can't overfill the HLT. Like I said, I'm calling it a design feature!
Next the snaplock fittings on all the hoses just make life easy. Easy. So easy.
The stand means no lifting - well not much anyway. Gravity is my friend.
The big boiler is awesome. No boil over. Not even a chance of a boile over. Not even a hint of a boile over. The froth only came 3/4 of the way up. Burner on full bore the whole time. Did I mention no boil over?
The new chiller has about twice the hose length as my old one. Its about twice as good as cooling stuff down. Its fast. It saves water. It cools wort. Does it get any better?
Anyway, it was a streamlined and easy brewday. No hitches. Awesome!
M
