Wortgames
'Draught' is not a beer style - it's a lifestyle
Hi everyone, after introducing myself in the 'introduce yourself' thread I thought I'd start a separate one regarding my setup, for anyone who is interested.
There are some pics and info here: http://hbd.org/discus/messages/366/28883.html?1110095512
It is a deceptively simple 50L 2-tier system. The main tricks are a heat exchange coil in the electric HLT, and of course a pump. The HLT doubles as a counterflow chiller with very little messing around. I suppose the main objective was to keep brewing as repeatable as possible while still allowing flexibility to experiment with different techniques.
The only automation is a temperature controller on the HLT. The pump recirculates pretty much constantly during the mashing and sparging stage. It then rests until the end of the boil, when it begins circulating the boiling wort for a couple of minutes (through the empty HLT) to keep things sanitary before I cut the heat and fill the HLT with cold water for the chilling stage.
I'd love to know how many other brewers in Oz use a similar kind of setup?
There are some pics and info here: http://hbd.org/discus/messages/366/28883.html?1110095512
It is a deceptively simple 50L 2-tier system. The main tricks are a heat exchange coil in the electric HLT, and of course a pump. The HLT doubles as a counterflow chiller with very little messing around. I suppose the main objective was to keep brewing as repeatable as possible while still allowing flexibility to experiment with different techniques.
The only automation is a temperature controller on the HLT. The pump recirculates pretty much constantly during the mashing and sparging stage. It then rests until the end of the boil, when it begins circulating the boiling wort for a couple of minutes (through the empty HLT) to keep things sanitary before I cut the heat and fill the HLT with cold water for the chilling stage.
I'd love to know how many other brewers in Oz use a similar kind of setup?