Brew Rig Options

[lczaban]

I think I would be tooo busy humping the boilers leg! :lol:

:blink: WTF?

:icon_offtopic: So now we know how you "popped your AG cherry".... B)

 

[chappo1970]

:icon_offtopic: So now we know how you "popped your AG cherry".... B)

BWAHAHAHAHA!

shhhh! Don't tell the SWMBO about my little man cave fetish!

 

[lczaban]

shhhh! Don't tell the SWMBO about my little man cave fetish!

Don't worry Chappo - your secret is safe with us... :icon_cheers:

Lucky for you the trouble and strife was off looking at pretty trinkets while you and Chappo senior were checking out the EH Brewing beer porn in the flesh last Sunday, right?? :super:

Edit - sp aka passion fingers....

 

[chappo1970]

Jonathan it's beer porn time again you slacker!

 

[Jono_w]

Your right have put the brewery on the back burner this week, but hopefully today ill get a bit done..

 

[gibbocore]

Chappo's like the anti-wife that nags at you to do things but they are things that are really cool.

 

[Jono_w]

Chappo is our Personal Brew Coach..

I have a question about cooling wort, could I cool it through the heat exchanger while it is whirlpooling or will this cause strange things to happen and not separate properly?

cheers..

 

[chappo1970]

Stop stalling sh#tlips! Beer porn pronto Jonno or I'm stuffin' kittens in ya dip tubes

Where's the pick up for the heat exchanger? The reason I ask my usual I usually flame out whirlpool rest for 30min or so and then run through the plate chiller. If it picks up from the bottom then ya gunna disturb the trub...(hold that chappo thought) better have a looky ABOUT 10 PAGES BACK!

EDIT: Ok I've had a look and I have concluded that the big red button needs to mounted in the middle of the control panel. Actually it looks like you are picking up from the bottom but can't be sure? Way to many shiny things. So I went out to the brew shed and I resoundly concluded my rig looks nothin' like yours and sucks ass...

 

[WilBier]

How about inserting an inline filter before the plate exchanger? This doesn't answer your question about the whirlpooling, but to prevent any just-in-cases entering the plate exchanger?
I was having a look at the setup at the local U-brew-it. After they are finished in the kettle, they pump straight through a filter, into a massive heat exchanger, then straight into the fermenter and pitch.
They are however skipping the whirlpooling...

 

[Jono_w]

Pick up is on the bottom edge..
Ok, so maybe ill whirlpool for a set time and then straight through a filter to heatexchanger then to fermenters.
Wil - What size filter element where they using?

 

[WilBier]

Pick up is on the bottom edge..
Ok, so maybe ill whirlpool for a set time and then straight through a filter to heatexchanger then to fermenters.
Wil - What size filter element where they using?

That's a good question :unsure:
I'll go past on the way home today and play the "wow what's that thing!" card and take some photos.

 

[Jono_w]

Good work.
Cheers..

 

[WilBier]

I had a look at the facilities today. They pump from the bottom of the kettle (so solids included) straight through a 300 micron bag filter then through a large stainless plate heat exchanger. The other side being chilled from a refrigerated chiller. It goes from boiling down to pitching temp in 1 pass, but takes around 10 min for 50l. They clean out the bag filter all the time! I think they have all hop additions in a fish and chip style basket hanging in the kettle, so not all the hops go through the filter.

 

[Jono_w]

Today's progress:

I'm mounting the Mash mixer motor and gearbox under the Mash Tun. This is the tube that the mixer shaft will protrude.




Had a great day until my Tig welder started playing up..It wont start without me touching the work with the tip! @#&* it. Out of warranty too i reckon.

Cheers..

 

[chappo1970]

Nice jonno,

Have ya got tig sorted yet?

Now where's the real hard core stuff?

Come on mate cough it up!


Edit: piss typing again

 

[Jono_w]

Nice jonno,

Have ya got tig sorted yet?

Now where's the real hard core stuff?

Come on mate cough it up!


Edit: piss typing again

Yeah mate got TIG going again, just needed a clean out.

Have been busy painting jet ski so brewery on back burner until after easter.
I was lucky enough to have scored some ex dairy tanks and pipe work and also a filter or to from a mate the other day though..

 

[devo]

pffft I don't see a flux capacitor? -_-

 

[Jono_w]

pffft I don't see a flux capacitor? -_-

Unfortunately the flux capacitor requires 1.21 gigawatts and my mains are not up to it..

 

[mesa]

Chappo is our Personal Brew Coach..

I have a question about cooling wort, could I cool it through the heat exchanger while it is whirlpooling or will this cause strange things to happen and not separate properly?

cheers..

Do you mean to recirculate through the HX like JZ's whirlpool immersion chiller (http://www.mrmalty.com/chiller.php) which he suggests could also be done with a HX or do you mean to dump the wort through the HX while the whirlpool is still going on? Either way I think the answer is yes you can do it, and assuming you've got a stable whirlpool I'd say no stuff is getting into your HX. Which is not to say that I wouldn't put a filter on it to protect the HX, just that the filter shouldn't have to take much load if the whirlpool is working properly. If on the other hand you're recirculating through the HX I'd say you've lost all the advantages to a HX and you should spring for some copper pipe to make an immersion and avoid the problem of not being able to open the HX. Then again a big old lump of copper pipe won't like quite so nice next to all that stainless bling ;-)

 

[Jono_w]

Do you mean to recirculate through the HX like JZ's whirlpool immersion chiller (http://www.mrmalty.com/chiller.php) which he suggests could also be done with a HX or do you mean to dump the wort through the HX while the whirlpool is still going on? Either way I think the answer is yes you can do it, and assuming you've got a stable whirlpool I'd say no stuff is getting into your HX. Which is not to say that I wouldn't put a filter on it to protect the HX, just that the filter shouldn't have to take much load if the whirlpool is working properly. If on the other hand you're recirculating through the HX I'd say you've lost all the advantages to a HX and you should spring for some copper pipe to make an immersion and avoid the problem of not being able to open the HX. Then again a big old lump of copper pipe won't like quite so nice next to all that stainless bling ;-)

I think ill keep it simple and whirlpool -> filter -> heat ex -> fementer.
I have the ability to try recirculating i guess so no harm in trying different processes.
cheers