wyzazz
Well-Known Member
Good point Dave! I look forward to seeing your shops improvements!
There is a dead space both above and below the pipe significantly reducing its capacity. Also there is a minimum amount of mash liquor required to create the pumping circuit so a true 5 gal batch is not possible with the large malt pipe in the 50L version as more liquor is required (unless you do a long boil to reduce volume).
3. Do you guys think that, if brewing (again, as an example) the biggest beer possible, there'd be any extra room at the top of the malt pipe?
The pump is from Deutsche Vortex "BW 152 o/t"
http://www.en.deutsche-vortex.de/en/
It is intended to distribute heated water in households.
Here you can buy one for 93 Euros or approx. 130 US dollars.
http://www.haustechnik-express.de/product_info.php?products_id=783
(edit: this pump in the link has 1/2" plumbing on the housing. The Speidel is bigger, looks like about 20mm. The part # of the Speidel pump-housing is 101.101.350. The motor and rotor will be the same.
The pump is not involved in moving the wort out of the braumeister. That would involve some replumbing. Tight space on the 20 liter, don't know if there's room for a T on the 50..
Another way can be to lower a pipe into the "out hole" for the pump at the bottom of the unit and running a hose from that into another container, on the sprinciple of this recirculating device that a fellow norwegian user invented:
http://www.bryggeri.net/utstyr/brygging-med-speidel-braumeister!/500/
It's made from two 12mm (1/2" should be close enough) copper bends and pipe. The short piece is 12 cm and the long 43cm (for the 20l).
This thing works (recirkulates wort to the top of the malt-pipe which is rised during mash-out). I made one and used it a couple of times but haven't lately as the wort is clear without it and it is a bit tricky to get it in place with the malt-pipe in.
Anyhow it can lift wort from the bottom up over the edge so it should be fine for filling a container. Trub in the pump can become an issue, though.
I really like the drawstring idea mentioned earlier, buy a Swiss Voile curtain or a yard of fabric, then cut/sew a drawstring in. Heck, you may even be able to just use a nylon paint strainer bag over the false bottoms.
Can someone with a 20l unit give me a height measurement from the base to the spigot? I need to knock together a stand and want sure it's tall enough to drain directly into a carboy.
Thanks.
-Chris
On my last batch I used my old copper immersion chiller that is sized for 10 gals. My ground water is still in the upper 40's. I used my March pump to take wort from the spigot and circulated it clockwise around the pot. I went from boiling to 68F degrees in 7 minutes and it helped make a bit of a whirlpool effect. Those with plate chillers, do you prefer them to the IC, and how do you keep the trub from clogging them?
Hello everyoneThank you everyone for the warm welcome!
Yambor, your bottom filter is looking good. I think your screen would work well to hold down the original cloth filter. Have you brewed with it yet?
I can't wait to get my 50L Braumeister, I've even started planning a brew stand with integrated winch. I usually brew with a buddy, but when brewing solo I think the malt pipe would be a struggle to lift. The winch arm could lift the malt pipe then swing to one side to lower to the ground (I like to look after my back )
Any feedback/suggestions welcome.
Also I do recomend reading the forum from Norway as it has some great tips and mods (as shown a few pages back). Although it can be tough going with the google translation.....
I look forward to seeing how everyone progresses!
Dave.
Hi Yambor44, is your table at full height of 35-36" or did you cut the legs down?
Hello everyone
I have the 50L Braumeister about a year a go and i very satisfied.
I like to buy or to build somthing like that stand.
can you have any measurement of this one on the picture?
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