Brew Rig Options

[chappo1970]

errrr.... Your forgeting something? Beer porn johno? Don't make me ban you for 7 days now! Where's a Mod when ya need one huh? <_<

 

[asis]

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[Jono_w]

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I'm guessing this is a bump?
Well today I actually did some more work on the control cabinet, got my Variable Speed Drive installed. Now all I need is a 1/2 hp 3 phase motor to drive the reduction gearbox on the mixer. Tomorrow i'm picking up the steel for the brewery skid to mount everything on.
Cheers.

 

[chappo1970]

Photo's Jonno!

You know the rules <_<

 

[Jono_w]

Ok so starting to get into it again.
Got all the steel for the Brewery base today and started welding it together 75 x 50 x 3 RHS.


The new PowerFlex VSD (thanks eBay)


A friend of mine is building a new dairy and offered me the old one!! Of course I was there in a flash..


My brother removing filters...


Until next time....

Cheers
Jonathon

 

[Jono_w]

Wahoo,

Got my 15" touch screen for the control cabinet ..


Its all coming together nicely mwaaaa!!

 

[chappo1970]

Lookin' great Jonno. Thanks for the update. BTW when do you think you will be firing this bad boy up?

 

[Jono_w]

Lookin' great Jonno. Thanks for the update. BTW when do you think you will be firing this bad boy up?

If all goes well i hope to have it operating late July, well that's the deadline I've had put to me by my mates who are sick of waiting..

 

[PHARSYDE]

Well start sending out the invites for openning night Jonno?? I think you may have a few fellow brewers flying over to see this awesome rig in person! haha

Anyways great setup and look forward to the end result?

Cheers

Liam

 

[Jono_w]

Well start sending out the invites for openning night Jonno?? I think you may have a few fellow brewers flying over to see this awesome rig in person! haha

Anyways great setup and look forward to the end result?

Cheers

Liam

Yeah sure,
Obviously there will be an open invitation for AHB members. Might have to put the date back a bit so I can perfect the process and learn how to brew a decent beer, otherwise it will be BYO... bahah..

 

[brendo]

Yeah sure,
Obviously there will be an open invitation for AHB members. Might have to put the date back a bit so I can perfect the process and learn how to brew a decent beer, otherwise it will be BYO... bahah..

it would be horrifying if after all this work it produced crap beer

I love following this thread and look forward to seeing pictures of the finished beast!!

brendo

 

[Jono_w]

it would be horrifying if after all this work it produced crap beer

Yes, yes it would, but I'm confident with the help of AHB I can brew something up.
After visiting Zwickel while i was traveling europe I have decided to brew his Pilsner as my maiden brew, top drop....
Building it keeps me busy and off the streets anyway! :icon_cheers:

 

[clean brewer]

Hey Jonathon,

Have you actually brewed before or is this the "BIG ONE"..

:icon_cheers: CB

 

[Jono_w]

Hey Jonathon,

Have you actually brewed before or is this the "BIG ONE"..

:icon_cheers: CB

Yeah I've brewed about 30 batches through the 50L RIMS brewery.
Not as many as I would like before i start brewing 200L.

 

[Zwickel]

Zwickel while i was traveling europe I have decided to brew his Pilsner as my maiden brew, top drop....

Jonathon, thanks mate for the compliment.

Building it keeps me busy and off the streets anyway! :icon_cheers:

much to the regret of the girls :icon_chickcheers:

 

[Rex]

If all goes well i hope to have it operating late July, well that's the deadline I've had put to me by my mates who are sick of waiting..

Cool stuff! Where did you get to with the fermenters? My dream is to have a 100L jacketed conical or two ;-)

 

[Jono_w]

Cool stuff! Where did you get to with the fermenters? My dream is to have a 100L jacketed conical or two ;-)

Well we have priced some 500mm conicals from Toledo Spinning, if your interested i could send you some info. They would still need legs and tanks welded to them..

 

[Jono_w]

Fellow brewers,

I have a question on Cleaning.
An automated brewery would not be complete without automated cleaning or CIP (Clean in pace).
I have two small Peristaltic pumps and my plan is after the brew is complete to recycle maybe 50L of the hot water from the heat exchanger back into the
hot liquor tank, Add a measured amount of cleaner and then circulate, dump and do again with sanitizer.

Both cleaning and sanitizing agents need to be liquids so i can dose them with pumps , what two would be best?

Cheers

 

[Zwickel]

Jonathon, Im filling the MLT with hot water and add caustic soda to it (3% solution), then connect the MLT to the pump, to the plate heat exchanger and back via sparg arm into the MLT. Leave it recirculating for 30min, turn the stirrer to its highest speed, so the caustic splashes to everywhere.
After that, pump the hot caustic into the HLT and from there to where ever you need it.

After all, do the same with hot citric acid. Citric acid is not meant as a cleaner, it removes the film that caustic soda leaves on the surface of the gear and neutralizes some remaining leach.

Cheers :icon_cheers:

 

[Crazy]

Well we have priced some 500mm conicals from Toledo Spinning, if your interested i could send you some info. They would still need legs and tanks welded to them..

Jonathon

What do these end up costing delivered as I am thinking on a similar vain?

Regards Derrick