TerritoryBrew
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Hi all,
After some weekends of welding and construction I christened the (re)new(ed) brew rig. I used as much recycled material as I could for the frame, getting most of the gear from the Darwin Dump Shop. I already had the bare bones from the other rig and just re-used it. The top teir is removable so I can stow it underneath the top of the rig to stow in my shed.
I had the taps and other fittings from my last brew rig and I re-used all the gear from my last esky mash tun.
Here are some pics from the first brew day yesterday and we smashed out three brews between 7am and 8pm on the rig.
This is the rig - with me in the reflection...
This is the new mash tun, with 13mm closed cell insulation which I cut to size and gaffa-taped it to the keg. Works a treat. Dropped about a degree on the first batch, even after preheating, but once we were brewing the second and third there was no real drop, perhaps half a degree. Everything sits on reclaimed BBQ plates from the tip.
The bottom of the mash tun with the false bottom removed.
The false bottom.
My false bottom is like Tony's here. Thanks Tony for the idea. The false bottom just screws in and the mash drains perfectly.
The first mash, a midstrength, simple and tasty. Based on a Roger's clone I saw somewhere.
This is the first brew chilling in the pool. A few mates and I ended up brewing three beers on the day, a midstrength, a wit beer and a dry stout. All in all a good day except that it kept raining and flooding where we were standing. I had hidden the extension cord and mash pump cords up underneath the rig, in a hope to get it out of the wet, wrapping it in electrical tape.
TB
After some weekends of welding and construction I christened the (re)new(ed) brew rig. I used as much recycled material as I could for the frame, getting most of the gear from the Darwin Dump Shop. I already had the bare bones from the other rig and just re-used it. The top teir is removable so I can stow it underneath the top of the rig to stow in my shed.
I had the taps and other fittings from my last brew rig and I re-used all the gear from my last esky mash tun.
Here are some pics from the first brew day yesterday and we smashed out three brews between 7am and 8pm on the rig.
This is the rig - with me in the reflection...
This is the new mash tun, with 13mm closed cell insulation which I cut to size and gaffa-taped it to the keg. Works a treat. Dropped about a degree on the first batch, even after preheating, but once we were brewing the second and third there was no real drop, perhaps half a degree. Everything sits on reclaimed BBQ plates from the tip.
The bottom of the mash tun with the false bottom removed.
The false bottom.
My false bottom is like Tony's here. Thanks Tony for the idea. The false bottom just screws in and the mash drains perfectly.
The first mash, a midstrength, simple and tasty. Based on a Roger's clone I saw somewhere.
This is the first brew chilling in the pool. A few mates and I ended up brewing three beers on the day, a midstrength, a wit beer and a dry stout. All in all a good day except that it kept raining and flooding where we were standing. I had hidden the extension cord and mash pump cords up underneath the rig, in a hope to get it out of the wet, wrapping it in electrical tape.
TB
