mZnthebend
Well-Known Member
My new system had it's second run this weekend. Things went very well. I thought I would post a few pics of my set-up and hope that others can draw some ideas from it.
The basics of the Nieuw Sassenheim Brewery are as follows:
-Stainless Steel Prep Table for base, casters added for movement
-Cooler as Mash Tun, adjustable height sparge arm, and copper manifold at the bottom, the bulkhead is a copper fitting, press fit into the cooler with silicone hose
-50ft Copper Coil in HLT as HEX run through a March pump
-HLT is heated with two 1500W Elements. Each element is on it's own circuit from the house, allowing me to run this set-up on standard 120V, eventually I will rig the boil kettle with 220V
-PID controls both elements
-Toggle Switches to control, elements, and pump, as well as stirrer if I decide it is necessary in the future. So far temps have been held within a degree with no stirrer
-Whole House Filter for incoming cold water
-No Quick Connects utilized. The silicone hose naturally slips over all the fittings in my brewery, I add a hose clamp on the HEX inlet and outlet, but everything else slips over a 1/2" hose barb. Just pinch it off and you can keep the wort/water in the line and transfer to the next barb. I highly recommend this approach, the silicone lines are the one of the best improvements I've made in a long time
-Hand Made Mash Paddle, 3x larger than necessary...dream BIG!
Cheers
The basics of the Nieuw Sassenheim Brewery are as follows:
-Stainless Steel Prep Table for base, casters added for movement
-Cooler as Mash Tun, adjustable height sparge arm, and copper manifold at the bottom, the bulkhead is a copper fitting, press fit into the cooler with silicone hose
-50ft Copper Coil in HLT as HEX run through a March pump
-HLT is heated with two 1500W Elements. Each element is on it's own circuit from the house, allowing me to run this set-up on standard 120V, eventually I will rig the boil kettle with 220V
-PID controls both elements
-Toggle Switches to control, elements, and pump, as well as stirrer if I decide it is necessary in the future. So far temps have been held within a degree with no stirrer
-Whole House Filter for incoming cold water
-No Quick Connects utilized. The silicone hose naturally slips over all the fittings in my brewery, I add a hose clamp on the HEX inlet and outlet, but everything else slips over a 1/2" hose barb. Just pinch it off and you can keep the wort/water in the line and transfer to the next barb. I highly recommend this approach, the silicone lines are the one of the best improvements I've made in a long time
-Hand Made Mash Paddle, 3x larger than necessary...dream BIG!
Cheers