Ultimate home brewery. - Page 9

fei · 01-13-2010, 02:28 PM

I am the one that started the thread on the Norwegian forum. I own the 50L braumeister and i am extremely happy with it. I like being able to brew inside without using gas. The unit i also very compact. The reason that i bought it was that my wife thought i used to much time brewing. I still use the same amount of time, and i brew a lot more than i used to with the brewey i previously had. But with the Braumeister i can start the machine and leave it alone while playing with the kids, ps3, wife etc etc

It beeps when it wants me to do something like removing the maltpipe or adding hops. Also controlling temperature is a breeze. You simply program the different steps you want and the Braumeister takes care of the rest.

I have more info in my blog(Norwegian) regarding the Braumeister

www.ringnesherre.blogspot.com

**Yambor44** · 01-19-2010, 05:38 PM

Fei, how is your braumeister holding up? With the 50L version, is there a need to add water like the 20L version to reach final post boil volume? Also, can you make a 5 gallon batch in the 50L unit?

Thanks.

fei · 01-21-2010, 12:46 PM

I am very content with it. You have to add water in the 50l version also. If you don't you get about 65% efficiency. If you add 2 gal of water while the maltpipe is in drain position you get about 75%. If you stir the mash a couple of times during the mashing prosses you gain another 5-10%. i' m like the idea of a "hands off" brewing session so i add water but i don't bother with stiring. You can make a 5gal batch but the malpipe has to have at least 8-9kg of malt in it so the beer will be strong. You could buy a smaller maltpipe for the 50l. I did but have only used it once..
http://www.bryggeri.net/viewtopic.php?t=1961&postdays=0&postorder=asc&star t=135

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www.ringnesherre.blogspot.com

beerocd · 02-04-2010, 05:26 PM

Why would you have to stir, since from what I have seen the recirculation is pumped up from the bottom? Is not the mash constantly agitated via this? I was thinking that was one of the major benefits from this setup.

fei · 02-04-2010, 06:16 PM

By stirring you force the wort to find alternative routes through the mash. The mash is not constantly agitated because the pumps are not that powerful unless If you use a small malt bill. Then the wort flows over the maltpipe and stiring is unnecessarily, but if you max out the capacity and use 12-13kg of malt the pumps barely manage to pump the wort over the maltpipe.

ScubaSteve · 02-20-2010, 09:14 PM

I've watched the videos and looked at pictures, but it is difficult to see how the pump works. Is there a gasket around the bottom of the maltpipe, so that the pump's output is on the inside and the inlet is on the outside?

It seems that you could adjust the maltpipe for different grain bills by placing some stainless tube over the threaded rod and then tightening the wingnut.

**joety** · 02-20-2010, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by fei

I am very content with it. You have to add water in the 50l version also. If you don't you get about 65% efficiency. If you add 2 gal of water while the maltpipe is in drain position you get about 75%. If you stir the mash a couple of times during the mashing prosses you gain another 5-10%. i' m like the idea of a "hands off" brewing session so i add water but i don't bother with stiring. You can make a 5gal batch but the malpipe has to have at least 8-9kg of malt in it so the beer will be strong. You could buy a smaller maltpipe for the 50l. I did but have only used it once..
http://www.bryggeri.net/viewtopic.php?t=1961&postdays=0&postorder=asc&star t=135

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www.ringnesherre.blogspot.com

Does it tell you this in the operating manual or did you have to figure out how to fine tune the process on your own? Do they have english language manuals?

fei · 02-26-2010, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by joety

Does it tell you this in the operating manual or did you have to figure out how to fine tune the process on your own? Do they have english language manuals?

The operating manual(if you could even call it that). Gives no hint on how to improve efficiency. I had to figure this is on my own. They have an English manual.

http://www.speidels-braumeister.de/media/content/pdf/brewing_instruction_50l.pdf

Scottatron · 08-06-2010, 08:01 PM

All of these are amazing.

patrck17 · 08-07-2010, 02:14 AM

Bit of a necropost but glad you did Scott. That braumeister is flugan awsome. Figures I'd find out about it right after I spent 1800 dollars on my build. Cool of fei to sign up to chime in on the system, his responses were very informative.