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[Brewpastor]

Been brewing a LONG time and been a part of many brewing communities, but mostly in the northern hemisphere. So now I am branching out to see how the other half brews.

 

[brendo]

Been brewing a LONG time and been a part of many brewing communities, but mostly in the northern hemisphere. So now I am branching out to see how the other half brews.

That is some serious kit Brewpastor... welcome to the forum!!

 

[Adamt]

Been brewing a LONG time and been a part of many brewing communities, but mostly in the northern hemisphere. So now I am branching out to see how the other half brews.

Welcome... that's a nice looking piece of brewery there!

Things you may find different about Aussie brewing:
- Cooling is a big issue due to our climate and water restrictions
- A lot of brewers here "no chill", in other words, let their wort cool naturally by racking it post-boil into a plastic container (cube) with no headspace, the heat from the wort pasteurises the cube.
- You will see "BIAB" mentioned a lot, it's a one-vessel mash brewing system where the grain is mashed in the kettle in a cloth bag and removed after the mash.
- We use the metric system because it makes sense B)

Everything else is pretty similar!

Cheers

 

[Supra-Jim]

Welcome aboard!!

And yes, that is a very nice looking little brewery there, care to share some more specs and details?

Cheers SJ

edit: spelling!

 

[Tim]

Welcome.
IIRC correctly your brewrig with the steam fired kettles was featured in BYO magazine back in 2005 and you used to brew for a micro?

 

[petesbrew]

Welcome aboard Brewpastor.
That is a seriously awesome setup & garage!
I'm quite jealous!

 

[Mayor of Mildura]

!

Sweet.

i think i just had a personal moment.

 

[Swinging Beef]

I love the way the mash tun is chained down
Rargh!

 

[Screwtop]

Welcome BrewPastor, nice rig..................and super neat :lol:

Cheers,

Screwy

 

[pokolbinguy]

Wow nice collection of BrewPorn there Brewpastor.

Welcome to AHB.

Pok

 

[Brewpastor]

Thanks everyone. I am looking forward to picking up some new perspectives and maybe offer some in return. I started and brewed for a micro back in the early '90s. I have enough brewporn to keep people happy for a long time. The kettles are 40 and 60 gallons. I will have to learn to go metric. Jimmy Carter tried to get us to join the rest of the world when he was president, but you know how we are... I recently shifted the set-up. I am now using the center vessel (which I have replace with a larger unit) as my HLT. The 40 gallon kettle is my mash/lauter tun and the 60 is my kettle. I have a 2 zone plate heat exchanger that uses glycol to chill. I have a jacketed conical fermenter that was just featured in Zymurgy. I have also just completed a walk-in cold room.

I have been all-grain brewing since my 3rd or 4th batch back in 1980. Things have come a long way since then.

Some brewporn:

http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/styl...e_types/gif.gif

This is a project I put together this last weekend. It is a personal sized Randal, which is used to dry hop a beer inline out of the tap on its way to the glass. The cylinder has a fine mesh screen on each end on the inside. Fresh leaf hops a put in the cylinder and the beer is run in through the bottom. A beer line fits over a faucet on my Irish Coffin/Draft Box, the other end of the hose has a cornie fitting that attaches to the cornie inlet at the bottom of the Randal. The needle valve up top let you control the flow out. The drip tray is left over from one of my beer engines.

 

[Oatlands Brewer]

Shhesh....you should really take this brewing thing a bit more seriously..... :lol:

damn fine rig you have there mate

 

[Spoonta]

Hi Mate
Welcome

 

[OzBeer_MD]

Welcome! Are you now in the land down under? If so whereabouts? (I am hoping that we are neighbours :icon_cheers: )

 

[clifftiger]

Holy crap... all that kit is impressive. I've just started AG, but if I end up with that sort of rig in 15-20years I will be chuffed (and the missus equally pissed!)

Cliff