6kW kettle.
inside.
6kW HLT
1kW Mash tun
Control cabinet. When I got it.
And now.
And inside.
HLT and Mashtun. Kettle peep at right part.
(These pictures are all not of this day photos.)
Workflow:
I deside how much I use strike water and which temperature and input that to machine.
I push "Take Water in" button and go to milling malt.
Water start warming at setpoint when water level is above heater elements.
When malt is milled and water is ready, I start flow water to masch tun.
When water level is above false bottom, I start feed malt in mashtun too. I also start stirrer.
When all malt and water in in to mashtun I check rest temperature and close mashtun lid.
Then I take second water to HLT and adjust right temperature to next step. I ususally use one saccarification temperature and mash out.
That 1kW is enough to even raise temperature in mashtun, but I normally not do that. But yes, I are tested it.
I can use stirrer all the time but now I make couple last brews like stirring everything to smooth and then recirculate. Wort is much clearer with taht way.
When first rest is ready, I flow next water to mashtun. And take sparge water to HLT. This point I least start recirculating
Then I open valve to kettle. Start sparging etc.
I fist use 4kW power but after halfway I start using full 6kW and go back 4kW when rolling boil is started.
Hop schedule depens recipe.
When boiling is ready I shut down heaters.
I open kettle valve and start pumping that boiling hot wort throught my Therminator to lastime sterilisation.
Then I start taking water to HLT beacuse my income water goes throught Theminator.
When HLT is full I must change water flow to drain. But I collect warm wash water even littlebit.
I have a drilled well so water from there is ~4°C. That means quite rapid chilling
Sizes of vessels is something like 80 L HLT, 80 L Mashtun and 90 L Kettle.
I have one pressure valve to take water. Three motorized ball valves. First one to drain water from HLT. Second drain wort to kettle. And last one drain kettle to fermenter.
I have two pumps, one to recirculate and drain mashtun and one to recirculate and drain kettle. HLT drain with gravity.
I have two stir motors one with HLT and one with Mashtun.
I can take off mashtun and HLT if I want when I need only kettle. So all works independently.
What next:
I made HOPmatic to automated hop scheduling.
I automatized recipe handling. So I need only crush malt and put it in to mashtun and push start. Then I can go to work or sleep or what else.
Because of SSR:s there is not big noises. Only "PAM" heard when I start machine. Rest noise is motor "Swirrr" and Valves "naks" or "srsrsrsr". =)
What you like?
