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Curly79
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Been making a little stand for a Keggle BIAB setup to try to brush up on my Arc Welding skills. Havnt welded since trade school 16 years ago![emoji15]. Gunna put a Mongolian burner in underneath there. More pics to follow. Cheers Lads[emoji106]
Mr B
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Nice work thereCurly79 said:Been making a little stand for a Keggle BIAB setup to try to brush up on my Arc Welding skills. Havnt welded since trade school 16 years ago![emoji15]. Gunna put a Mongolian burner in underneath there. More pics to follow. Cheers Lads[emoji106]
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Not sure if it would really be an issue or if it is a completely sealed piece, however do you have a pinhole for pressure equalization in the top frame?
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Mr B
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Hehe, think we are on roughly the same skill levelCurly79 said:
It all holds but...
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Weizguy
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Bought a new brew fridge yesterday, and when I say bought, I mean it was an old vaccine fridge at a pharmacy and was available for free.
Picked it up with a brew-mate, Troy, with his car and trailer. Took it back to his house for examination and testing, as it's still difficult to get to my brew area due to flooding/storm runoff water.
Being technically adept with refrigeration equipment (which is an admirable quality and much encouraged), he quickly determined which component was causing the fridge to function abnormally, and had it up and running in about 20 minutes, or it felt like about that short a time. I hope he'll correct me if I'm way off the mark.
edit: A Goggle search has this to say about this fridge model: "Vestfrost VF-FKG410 all the way from Denmark is regarded within the industry as one of the most reliable refrigerators of all time, truly an A1 buy."
True dat!
Tested the fridge for fermentor fit (the clamp/ring for the conical's lid seemed to be the widest point), and the fridge was not deep enough, so Troy suggested a wooden collar, like a keezer might have, and an offer of having a look at it later.
Later that evening, he sent me pics of his work, with the now spacious fridge and the lid clamp fitting well in the unit.
Great job, Troy. Thought I'd show some respect here for your work. [ A+, exceeds expectations.]
Picked it up with a brew-mate, Troy, with his car and trailer. Took it back to his house for examination and testing, as it's still difficult to get to my brew area due to flooding/storm runoff water.
Being technically adept with refrigeration equipment (which is an admirable quality and much encouraged), he quickly determined which component was causing the fridge to function abnormally, and had it up and running in about 20 minutes, or it felt like about that short a time. I hope he'll correct me if I'm way off the mark.
edit: A Goggle search has this to say about this fridge model: "Vestfrost VF-FKG410 all the way from Denmark is regarded within the industry as one of the most reliable refrigerators of all time, truly an A1 buy."
True dat!
Tested the fridge for fermentor fit (the clamp/ring for the conical's lid seemed to be the widest point), and the fridge was not deep enough, so Troy suggested a wooden collar, like a keezer might have, and an offer of having a look at it later.
Later that evening, he sent me pics of his work, with the now spacious fridge and the lid clamp fitting well in the unit.
Great job, Troy. Thought I'd show some respect here for your work. [ A+, exceeds expectations.]
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Two of the round elements, non weld. They work good. I've been told the long straight ones are no good.Ruger said:
If you want to do double brews in a keg it's a total pain in the arse!! Unless u get more keg welded on top of it. I actually wish I had of gone a lill bit higher. I have to man the hop break with a spray bottle but once it's over it boils away perfectly. If u do do something like this, go high enough so u can reach the bottom of the keg to clean.
Weizguy
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Medowie, near Raymond Terrace (where the Williams River flooded) and Port Stephens, NSWCurly79 said:
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60L HLT, Herms and new 80L Kettle maiden voyage. The Mash tun isn't new but I fitted a temp probe to the centre of the manifold.
Couple of leaks. Fixed those for the second time I used it. Going to clad the HLT with insulation and wood and make some covers for the STC1000's.
Still worked a treat, heated water up to strike in about 30-40 minutes while I was farting around with other brew stuff.
Herms held temp within 0.5 degree, steps took 10 minutes with 3 m of copper coil, heating element was on almost full time during step so plenty of heat exchange.
With the plate chiller and motorised grain mill brew days are so much nicer.
See the three way pump for strike, herms and sparging, depending on which valve is open. Currently Herms mashout step.
Sparging
Sparging
Herms coil, yes only 3 m of 1/2 inch. It works fine.
50L of brew liquor nearly done
Couple of leaks. Fixed those for the second time I used it. Going to clad the HLT with insulation and wood and make some covers for the STC1000's.
Still worked a treat, heated water up to strike in about 30-40 minutes while I was farting around with other brew stuff.
Herms held temp within 0.5 degree, steps took 10 minutes with 3 m of copper coil, heating element was on almost full time during step so plenty of heat exchange.
With the plate chiller and motorised grain mill brew days are so much nicer.
See the three way pump for strike, herms and sparging, depending on which valve is open. Currently Herms mashout step.
Sparging
Sparging
Herms coil, yes only 3 m of 1/2 inch. It works fine.
50L of brew liquor nearly done
drifting79
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Jaded and bitter
I love the simplicity of your back verandah modular kit
I love the simplicity of your back verandah modular kit
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Cheers Buddycooperville said:
Yep storing it away helps the hobby survive B)
Weizguy
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Spent some time this week buying some modular racking. so I can mount my brew fridge up above the flood mark. OK, it seems this is not really achievable at my place due to height of the fridge and the limit of how high I can place it, but for minor flooding, it'll do.
The room is till messy after the flood in December, but I'm getting it tidy. You can pretty much see the high water mark on the wall behind the racking.
The Rack-it end pieces and box section rails allow this to be 2.4 metres long and have space for the ferment chamber and my keg freezer.
You can see how high the water got on the freezer, but it's not quite that bad, as the freezer tilted forward and hence the high-tide mark is actually higher on the front than the back. Still, I'm mildly amazed that the keezer runs at all.
On the left of the racking, I plan to locate the ferment fridge, with built-in temp controller and custom labelling. Keezer on the right. It appears that the high mount position will not allow room for a font on top.
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The mash rig is on the left of the racking setup, and will allow chilled wort to be pumped directly to the fermentor, ideally.
Took some time today to reorganise the space, and awaiting a pallet jack to get the fridge up to rack height.
Thoughts/ feedback/ridicule?
The room is till messy after the flood in December, but I'm getting it tidy. You can pretty much see the high water mark on the wall behind the racking.
The Rack-it end pieces and box section rails allow this to be 2.4 metres long and have space for the ferment chamber and my keg freezer.
You can see how high the water got on the freezer, but it's not quite that bad, as the freezer tilted forward and hence the high-tide mark is actually higher on the front than the back. Still, I'm mildly amazed that the keezer runs at all.
On the left of the racking, I plan to locate the ferment fridge, with built-in temp controller and custom labelling. Keezer on the right. It appears that the high mount position will not allow room for a font on top.
.The mash rig is on the left of the racking setup, and will allow chilled wort to be pumped directly to the fermentor, ideally.
Took some time today to reorganise the space, and awaiting a pallet jack to get the fridge up to rack height.
Thoughts/ feedback/ridicule?
droid
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Nice Les! I like the use of the same font for "Les Ale". What will you call the first brew to run through the conical and fridge? High Tide Hefe?
Weizguy
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The Les Ale was originally Medisafe, and was put together my fellow brewer, refrigeration tech and Newcastle Show Brew Comp Prize Winner, Troy (aka Osprey Brewday)
First beer? I need something to boost brew stocks with good drinkability, so maybe a guzzling Bitter or swilling Cream ale. May be named. "The tide is high and Les is Bitter", or " Port Stephens Council's Creamin' Ale Neglect", for example.
First beer? I need something to boost brew stocks with good drinkability, so maybe a guzzling Bitter or swilling Cream ale. May be named. "The tide is high and Les is Bitter", or " Port Stephens Council's Creamin' Ale Neglect", for example.
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Nice to see you back in the saddle after the move Gav.
Thefatdoghead
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Few pics to update. Still a fair way to go but the bulk of it is bought and done.
Im going to start a topic on the ss brewtech ftss once i get glycol and go through the ins and outs of the 17 gallon system.at the moment it will get 60L of wort to 10 deg c at 27c ambient in about 5 hours but wont go any further.
Im going to start a topic on the ss brewtech ftss once i get glycol and go through the ins and outs of the 17 gallon system.at the moment it will get 60L of wort to 10 deg c at 27c ambient in about 5 hours but wont go any further.
Thefatdoghead
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Few more pics of the updated Rig.
Weizguy
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Today's update. I may have bent the fridge a little bit while trying to elevate it to the appropriate height.
Once the freezer was empty, it was breeze to pop it up on the racking, one end at a time. Just cleaned the freezer out too, due to beer spillage inside (leaky keg).
Problem may be that I can no longer mount a font on top (unless I build a set of stairs in front of the racking?), so may need a keezer collar and shanks.
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Conical is in the fridge and the fridge is powered on. Almost time to mount the pump that will push wort into the fermentor
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Keezer is still grubby since the flooding, but you see where I used a scraper to clean the mud off the bottom edge of the freezer. Dings in the freezer are from when it floated and tipped forward in the flood. Should have cleaned it.
Once the freezer was empty, it was breeze to pop it up on the racking, one end at a time. Just cleaned the freezer out too, due to beer spillage inside (leaky keg).
Problem may be that I can no longer mount a font on top (unless I build a set of stairs in front of the racking?), so may need a keezer collar and shanks.
View attachment 88372
Conical is in the fridge and the fridge is powered on. Almost time to mount the pump that will push wort into the fermentor
View attachment 88373
Keezer is still grubby since the flooding, but you see where I used a scraper to clean the mud off the bottom edge of the freezer. Dings in the freezer are from when it floated and tipped forward in the flood. Should have cleaned it.
Weizguy
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stupid double post. Mods please delete.
