JonnyJumpUp
Well-Known Member
I am thinking about doing a jacketed mash tun to control temperature. As far as I can guess and surmise from brewery tours and limited proffessional experience this is how breweries would control temperature. It seems a lot simpler than a herms or rims system. Possibly even easier to build. Perhaps an agitator would be in line to keep things consistant. Anyone pulled this off before? The only thing holding me back is funds.
It would work like this:
There is a jacket filled with hot water surrounding the mash tun. A pump circulates hot water through the jacket back to a heated vessel full of hot water. A vfd would control the pump speed to control temperature. Manual adjustment of the pump would work, you could probably find a sweet spot with practice and not really need a controller. Although a controller would give superior control.
It would work like this:
There is a jacket filled with hot water surrounding the mash tun. A pump circulates hot water through the jacket back to a heated vessel full of hot water. A vfd would control the pump speed to control temperature. Manual adjustment of the pump would work, you could probably find a sweet spot with practice and not really need a controller. Although a controller would give superior control.