Biab Set Up

[dijital]

thought id share this with the people using a biab set up,i knocked up this little bueaty for under 50bucks for the timber not the stainless equipment.note how everything works on gravity so no expensive pumps

 

[_HOME_BREW_WALLACE_]

thought id share this with the people using a biab set up,i knocked up this little bueaty for under 50bucks for the timber not the stainless equipment.note how everything works on gravity so no expensive pumps

Please for the love of god tell me the conical hasnt been cut-up to be used as a MLT/Kettle????????

OK..... power cord is prolly the urns...... lol. but why use the conical as a MLT???

 

[beerdrinkingbob]

OK..... power cord is prolly the urns...... lol. but why use the conical as a MLT???

I think he actually goes from the kettle/tun to the fermenter to the keg, OP is BIAB not 3V!

 

[Florian]

Please for the love of god tell me the conical hasnt been cut-up to be used as a MLT/Kettle????????

OK..... power cord is prolly the urns...... lol. but why use the conical as a MLT???

To me it looks like the conical is portable, so filling up from urn (without cooling?), then carry conical into fridge or leave in place to ferment at ambient, and after ferment put back in place and fill to keg below.

But I might be way off, am sure dijital will enlighten us soon.

EDIT: like BDB said

 

[dijital]

To me it looks like the conical is portable, so filling up from urn (without cooling?), then carry conical into fridge or leave in place to ferment at ambient, and after ferment put back in place and fill to keg below.

But I might be way off, am sure dijital will enlighten us soon.

EDIT: like BDB said

basically the intention is to mash and hop in the urn then transfer to the conical,leave over night with the lid on and pitch the yeast in the morning,leave for primary fermentation then keg for secondary using a spile breather..........im a beginner but cant really see any drawbacks with this but like i said im a beginner

 

[dijital]

Please for the love of god tell me the conical hasnt been cut-up to be used as a MLT/Kettle????????

OK..... power cord is prolly the urns...... lol. but why use the conical as a MLT???

the money i paid for that........aint a chance its getting chopped up lol

 

[unrealeous]

basically the intention is to mash and hop in the urn then transfer to the conical,leave over night with the lid on and pitch the yeast in the morning,leave for primary fermentation then keg for secondary using a spile breather..........im a beginner but cant really see any drawbacks with this but like i said im a beginner

The only issue here is that you leave hot wort overnight - in the morning it is cool but it is almost oxygenless! Yeast doesn't do well at all (and I've proved it).

What I do is once the wort has cooled - connect a fish tank pump up (with an inline air filter) to the racking valve - and let it run for 30 minutes - pitch the yeast at the same time.

 

[Florian]

basically the intention is to mash and hop in the urn then transfer to the conical,leave over night with the lid on and pitch the yeast in the morning,leave for primary fermentation then keg for secondary using a spile breather..........im a beginner but cant really see any drawbacks with this but like i said im a beginner

There are many people on here who would highly recommend not to chill your wort over night in an 'open' vessel with the lid on (as opposed to a no chill cube), but if you want to go down that route (and some people have done it with success, including me, but that doesn't mean anything):
You would be better off chilling in your urn, leaving the lid on for the last minute of the boil to get it sterilised and then don't open it until when you are ready to pitch. Then you can transfer to fermenter with a bit of splashing to introduce oxygen which is neccesary for fermentation. It also means that the trub has more time to settle and stays in the urn rather than going into the fermenter.

AGAIN: I'm not advocating that this is a good way of doing it, but probably better than your proposed idea. Even better: do a search for 'no chill' o this forum if you don't know about it yet.

 

[dijital]

The only issue here is that you leave hot wort overnight - in the morning it is cool but it is almost oxygenless! Yeast doesn't do well at all (and I've proved it).

What I do is once the wort has cooled - connect a fish tank pump up (with an inline air filter) to the racking valve - and let it run for 30 minutes - pitch the yeast at the same time.

something i hadnt thought of,thanks

 

[dijital]

There are many people on here who would highly recommend not to chill your wort over night in an 'open' vessel with the lid on (as opposed to a no chill cube), but if you want to go down that route (and some people have done it with success, including me, but that doesn't mean anything):
You would be better off chilling in your urn, leaving the lid on for the last minute of the boil to get it sterilised and then don't open it until when you are ready to pitch. Then you can transfer to fermenter with a bit of splashing to introduce oxygen which is neccesary for fermentation. It also means that the trub has more time to settle and stays in the urn rather than going into the fermenter.

AGAIN: I'm not advocating that this is a good way of doing it, but probably better than your proposed idea. Even better: do a search for 'no chill' o this forum if you don't know about it yet.

thanks like i said any pointers definately an advantage at this time