Here are the pics that I have of brewing and my blow off... we made it home from church and within minutes the foam was shooting out of the airlock and it sounded like a pressure cooker. See the pics of my homemade blow off tube as it sits at 69 degrees in the freezer!
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Yeah, I dig that stand man! And is that a thermometer inside your MT? Nice job man! Oh, and I too like the idea of teaching the offspring the ways of the brewer early on. Keep it up!
P.S. Only us brewers would be entertained by a video of an airlock bubbling away... nice!
Yes, the therms are in the MLT and HLT both... they rock!! Lost 1-2 degerees over an hour mash. Thanks for the compliments on the brewing and my daughter, she is one smart 4 yr old. By the way, not a SINGLE drop leaked from my ball valve assemblies or the therms... I was seriously in heaven with this new system. Making a starter was nice too, when it came time to pitch all I had to do was pour it in.
First brew on this stand, I was seriously impressed, happy with my decision to build it. Any inquiries welcome!
Yeah what is it about the airlock that is SO facinating?! I brewed my first hefe saturday night, not AG, my next project is to fabricate my mash/lauter tuns then it's AG for me.
I am very jealous of your blow-off! It's been 32 since I pitched and the bubbles are still commin rapidly but I don't expect any blow-off I'm using a 6.5gal carboy I think it would be really difficult for any foam to shoot out.
But cool pics and video. You gave me a great idea for my AG set up, that rack rocks.
That IS a 6.5 gallon carboy that I am using! That is the blow off from a 6.5 gallon carboy... it was freaking violent! By the time I fashioned the blow off tube and removed the airlock, I just pulled slightly on the airlock and it popped out into my hand... there was alot of pressure. It is pretty calm now at about 48 hours, still bubbling nicely, but not a glass pressure cooker like before lol. My JC refrigerator control is working NICE, keeping it at 70F.
Whoa...thats a hell of a lot more action then my hefe. I noticed that your OG was higher then mine as well my I got an OG 1.047, I used Wyeast 3068 Wheinstephen Wheat.
I am currently looking at parts to make an AG setup.
I think that perhaps the AG heffes have a more violent ferment... My OG was targeted at 1.050, but I did NOT expect 81% efficiency out of my new system. 1.054 was where it settled, now at 48 hours the blow off is done as I said, and it is just bubbling once every few seconds. Yesterday it was FRANTIC, today you can still see the yeast and such swirling and churning pretty rapidly. This is my first heffe... so this is all pretty new to me. My starter was 24 hours old and at high krausen when I pitched it, if that matters.
Hugh Heffe PICS, and VIDEO
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