Obliviousbrew
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Alchemy said:My first pull from my first beer brewed on the braumeister, "Pedal Time" a alpine spring clone
Nice!
Alchemy said:My first pull from my first beer brewed on the braumeister, "Pedal Time" a alpine spring clone
Does anyone have advice on the crushing the grain? I used my Corona Mill and adjusted it to be fairly coarse as suggested but the efficiency went down to around 65% on 11kg of grain.
what's the consensus among bm users with immersion chillers, do you run the pump once you get down to that point where cooling slows right down? i have been selectively re-reading the thread but couldn't find that many opinions on the subject. how happy is the pump with lots of hop pellet debris and break material? for whole hops i would use a hop sock. thanks
becks41 said:We crushed the grain with the Corona Mill, I know I should have taken some pictures, but I was a bit hungover Saturday morning while we were doing this, so pictures wasn't one of my top priorities.
We starting by trying to attach my drill to the corona mill, however this just created a huge mess and the grain wasn't getting crushed very efficiently. Either the grains weren't getting crushed or the mill wouldn't turn. So we ended up crushing 13kg of grain by hand (not fun on a saturday morning with a slight hangover). Either way, I have zero confidence that I'll be able to accurately recreate my recipes if I continue to use this mill. I did moisten the grain a bit this time and it seemed to help a bit, though it made cranking the mill by hand a little more difficult.
I think in the end, there will be an adjustable roller mill in my future for my next brew which will be a Pale Ale with an SG of 1.055. I want to be able to hook my drill up to it for future brews as constantly cranking it by hand is time consuming and tiring. I'll keep you updated with what happens, and next time I'll try to take some pics!
becks41 said:Thanks for the tips guys! Just ordered the Barley Crusher - was eyeing it earlier and decided to go for it. I like the idea of being able to adjust it - Obliviousbrew - what gap do you use and what efficiency do you get? I'd be very curious to know.
Rico567 - that looks great! If it wasn't for my past problems with my corona mill I might try something like that. I say if the corona mill works for you then go for it!
Does anyone have a method for using the 20L with a no-sparge setup?
I don't have access to additional burners and would prefer to keep it as simple as possible.
1 liter per cm, i just checked. the rod is 41 cm. if the level is 8cm below the top then it should be 33 liters, in theory. the only problem is that if you check the three rod markings which should be 15, 20, 25 L they are actually 1.5 cm higher than expected, ie the 25 L mark is 26.5 cm from the bottom. this could be due to the displacement of the element, temp probe etc.? i haven't ever empirically checked the accuracy of the rod markings (i now realize i should but i have to go to work) but if they are accurate then 8cm from the rod top is actually 31.5 L
.. I'll measure today all the levels after I've cleaned the BM and report then.
Tknojnky said:Everything turned out fine with that brew, it's happily bubbling away in my kitchen.
Question for all of you who have ordered from Morebeer4u... did you randomly get a paypal invoice for "import fees" 5-6 months after taking delivery? This seems very strange to me..
SuburbanBrewer said:This thread is entirely too long to read the whole way through. Has anyone used the 50L version to brew 5 gallon batches? is it possible? I dont brew 10 gallon batches yet, but might want to some day. I'd hate to spend $2000 now and never be able to brew bigger batches.
Yambor44 said:Yes. On any site that sells the 50l version, you can purchase a 20l malt pipe separately to do just that.
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