Kai
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Hi boys and girls,
Having moved to an apartment a 4-ring burner and 60L pot were no longer particularly viable options, so I've had a new, smaller, electric brewery in planning for few months now. Right now I'm testing my new kettle with a 30L tapwater boil. 36L insulated Robinox pot with temperature probe, hop screen and pickup and 2400W element. All custom made by Beerbelly.
Purchased a 37L Coleman beverage cooler today for my mash tun and installed part of an old termimesh tube manifold. Simple, crude and effective. And very, very ugly compared to the kettle. This mash tun is only temporary though, I have further plans for a new one.
Photos, excuse the camera-phone quality. Mash tun:
Manifold:
Kettle:
Kettle interior, complete with friendly sticker recommending I plug in a RCD breaker just in case:
The kettle will double as HLT due to space constraints, so the plan is to either add the batch sparge water to the top of the mash after conversion, or drop the first runnings into a cheap 12 pot. I would have done the virgin brew today but had a rather large night on the tiles last night so didn't quite feel up to it. Will probably commission it properly next weekend.
And while I'm here, stats on the element from tonight's test: 22-75C in just under 50 minutes and from 75 to a full boil in less than 30. I'm not sure how much less than as I got distracted for a bit and forgot all about it. The element then holds a good rolling boil with the lid removed.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to taking my new babies for a spin next weekend. I'll keep the thread updated on how it goes.
Having moved to an apartment a 4-ring burner and 60L pot were no longer particularly viable options, so I've had a new, smaller, electric brewery in planning for few months now. Right now I'm testing my new kettle with a 30L tapwater boil. 36L insulated Robinox pot with temperature probe, hop screen and pickup and 2400W element. All custom made by Beerbelly.
Purchased a 37L Coleman beverage cooler today for my mash tun and installed part of an old termimesh tube manifold. Simple, crude and effective. And very, very ugly compared to the kettle. This mash tun is only temporary though, I have further plans for a new one.
Photos, excuse the camera-phone quality. Mash tun:
Manifold:
Kettle:
Kettle interior, complete with friendly sticker recommending I plug in a RCD breaker just in case:
The kettle will double as HLT due to space constraints, so the plan is to either add the batch sparge water to the top of the mash after conversion, or drop the first runnings into a cheap 12 pot. I would have done the virgin brew today but had a rather large night on the tiles last night so didn't quite feel up to it. Will probably commission it properly next weekend.
And while I'm here, stats on the element from tonight's test: 22-75C in just under 50 minutes and from 75 to a full boil in less than 30. I'm not sure how much less than as I got distracted for a bit and forgot all about it. The element then holds a good rolling boil with the lid removed.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to taking my new babies for a spin next weekend. I'll keep the thread updated on how it goes.