Solarhomebrewer
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Hi, Of course we did not use the water in the black hose, we used that water through a wort chiller to fresh water for the beer. It is a 10 gal corny and we did not boil the grains either.
Are there more detailed videos concerning mashing?
I've never heard of roasting hops.
Do you get the same level of bitterness from roasted hops as unroasted?Roasting Hops bring out all the smell of its close cousins, they burn like cigarettes and the ash can color the beer. It also changes the flavor of the hops to a spicer note.
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you know wood is solar energy too
how about a woot fired mash and kettle
from wood reclamed from utility easements and hwy project they just pile that up and burn it any way.
that would be much less lame
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If you're going to make that stretch, oil is also solar energy.
Did they use the sun to boil the wort for an hour? I agree, Solar Hot Water has been around a long, long, time - but that is not the same as what I did.
solarhomebrewer said:Solar Mash Tun
Mash in at 120F and bring the mash up to 148-158F using the Fresnel lens. The mash will convert quickly as it is decoction and there are rests if the clouds block the sun. Notice the scorch marks from where the linear lens was focused - An 1/2" Schmedling Easy Masher Screen slid on rubber grommets on the dip tube of a 10 Gallon Corney Tank painted Flat Matt Black, Melanoidins galore. Runnings are pushed through with C02 to brew kettle. This set up can be used without the Solar Oven.
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