To polish or insulate

Im_Lars · May 6, 2011

I'm working on a E-Brew build and I polished two of the kegs (HLT & BP). I'm looking for some feed back on if I should polish the Mash tun or polish just the top and rap the main body of it in insulation? The system is going to be a HERMS system so I don't know how important the insulation would be. Maybe I'm looking for a bunch of people to tell me to insulate so I don't have to polish another keg.

Special Hops · May 6, 2011

Why polish the outside at all. on anything. Sure it looks pretty - but has zero effect on your beer.

step · May 6, 2011

Special Hops said:
Why polish the outside at all. on anything. Sure it looks pretty - but has zero effect on your beer.

Jealousy rears its ugly head:cross:

Thefloyd1970 · May 6, 2011

Blind it all!!!!

Thefloyd1970 · May 6, 2011

Bling. Damn auto correct.

atoyot · May 6, 2011

Im_Lars said:
Maybe I'm looking for a bunch of people to tell me to insulate so I don't have to polish another keg.

If you're just looking to get out of polishing another keg I'll be glad to take it off your hands. :mug:

I'm in the middle of building a Brutus and thought about insulating the mash tun but decided to skip not to. I figure it'll be fine with the direct fired recirc seeing that it never really gets that cold here in the sound, plus polished kegs are just plain cool.

strat_thru_marshall · May 6, 2011

bling it out.

even if you cover it with insulation.....you'll know its badass under there

Winzorb · May 6, 2011

Kudos on the two polished kegs! That's definitely two thumbs up there...why stop now!

conpewter · May 6, 2011

Those look really nice! Do you know if they stay nice after brewing on them for a while?

My future mash tun will be a keg, and it will definitely be insulated well. Planning on using some "reflectix" stuff, basically shiny bubble wrap.

Im_Lars · May 7, 2011

Well I see it's going to be polish time at my place again. Thanks for the input.

Special Hops · May 7, 2011

step said:
Jealousy rears its ugly head:cross:

Not jealous. I just don't see the point. If it makes you happy to spend your day polishing then I don't care.

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