nala
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Before I begin my topic can I say that I have no particular skills as a DIY'er no computer skills and even less brewing skills.
I read the AHB forums religiously every day and and very impressed with those members who have the skills to make things to help them improve their brewing ability, recently I saw that a member is making a copy of a Speidel Braumeister,
I have neither the necessary skills or the tools to make a start.
A friend has bought a Braumeister and although I have not seen it in operation he is very well pleased with his purchase.
I have seen a video on Youtube and have got the basic gist of what the Braumeister does :
a:- recirculates the wort by pumping through a malt tube,cascading by overflow to the pump,being heated to the required mashing temperature and recirculating for the required time - all by computer control.
b:- ability to be programmed to step mash at any given temperature.
c:- boil the extracted wort and produce a very clear wort ready for fermentation.
I thought about this and wondered whether I could achieve the same with my BIAB set-up by introducing a pump and a mashing temperature controller.
I have given it a go and will reveal my results, worts and all, for you to see and hopefully get some advice as to how I can improve on what I have made, as I said previously I have limited tools and little skill so I have used Bunnings as my source of supply for the most part. The STC temperature controller I already have to control my fridge the pump
I bought from the UK for about $47 delivered to Australia.
Pictures shows water being pumped through sparge ring.
This was made from Bunnings soft copper coil fashioned into a circle to fit inside the Crown Urn,
a "T" piece soldered with an upright extension, a further circle was made and soldered with a "T" piece to ceate
the inner circlce sparge ring. I drilled holes 2mm dia around the inside of both circles as wort spray outlets,
the short upright connects to the pump via a flexible tap connector.
The existing tap on the Crown Urn was reconnected to a 1/2 NPT thread "T" and the other outlet connected via
a flexible tap connector to the pump, I chose flexible connectors as this create a good seal without the use of tools
to create a leak free joint and have proved easy to clean after use.
This shows a Trivet and a Trivet support, the trivet support was again made from soft copper tube and is designed
to suspend the trivet above the base of the boiler to stop any chance of bag burn, I actually put it on 3 legs and made
it high enough so that the trivet is above the drain tap hole, this stops the bag being sucked into the hole and blocking the pump, I soldered end stops onto the feet to seal the whole trivet support. I think all BIAB'ers should make one of these
This a transfer tube I made from the leftover piece of copper pipe it is connected to a leftover piece of 1/2 NPT all thread, it is made long enough to stand on the bottom of the cube when I transfer the no chill wort from the HLT.
Avoids this risk of scalding and requires no hands when transferring.
I will be trying out the WORMS-BIAB system tomorrow, hope all goes well, I will let you know whether or not !
I read the AHB forums religiously every day and and very impressed with those members who have the skills to make things to help them improve their brewing ability, recently I saw that a member is making a copy of a Speidel Braumeister,
I have neither the necessary skills or the tools to make a start.
A friend has bought a Braumeister and although I have not seen it in operation he is very well pleased with his purchase.
I have seen a video on Youtube and have got the basic gist of what the Braumeister does :
a:- recirculates the wort by pumping through a malt tube,cascading by overflow to the pump,being heated to the required mashing temperature and recirculating for the required time - all by computer control.
b:- ability to be programmed to step mash at any given temperature.
c:- boil the extracted wort and produce a very clear wort ready for fermentation.
I thought about this and wondered whether I could achieve the same with my BIAB set-up by introducing a pump and a mashing temperature controller.
I have given it a go and will reveal my results, worts and all, for you to see and hopefully get some advice as to how I can improve on what I have made, as I said previously I have limited tools and little skill so I have used Bunnings as my source of supply for the most part. The STC temperature controller I already have to control my fridge the pump
I bought from the UK for about $47 delivered to Australia.
Pictures shows water being pumped through sparge ring.
This was made from Bunnings soft copper coil fashioned into a circle to fit inside the Crown Urn,
a "T" piece soldered with an upright extension, a further circle was made and soldered with a "T" piece to ceate
the inner circlce sparge ring. I drilled holes 2mm dia around the inside of both circles as wort spray outlets,
the short upright connects to the pump via a flexible tap connector.
The existing tap on the Crown Urn was reconnected to a 1/2 NPT thread "T" and the other outlet connected via
a flexible tap connector to the pump, I chose flexible connectors as this create a good seal without the use of tools
to create a leak free joint and have proved easy to clean after use.
This shows a Trivet and a Trivet support, the trivet support was again made from soft copper tube and is designed
to suspend the trivet above the base of the boiler to stop any chance of bag burn, I actually put it on 3 legs and made
it high enough so that the trivet is above the drain tap hole, this stops the bag being sucked into the hole and blocking the pump, I soldered end stops onto the feet to seal the whole trivet support. I think all BIAB'ers should make one of these
This a transfer tube I made from the leftover piece of copper pipe it is connected to a leftover piece of 1/2 NPT all thread, it is made long enough to stand on the bottom of the cube when I transfer the no chill wort from the HLT.
Avoids this risk of scalding and requires no hands when transferring.
I will be trying out the WORMS-BIAB system tomorrow, hope all goes well, I will let you know whether or not !
