rcm_rx7
Well-Known Member
Well I've only been brewing since February, but I am addicted now. I started with a basic kit for extract brews but quickly outgrew it. My first one sucked, and it was apparent my equipment was lacking.
So I ordered some copper pipe to build an immersion chiller and moved outdoors with a turkey fryer. Still I was not satisfied. So for my third brew I decided I would do it right.
I used a cooler I had sitting around and made a manifold out of CPVC. I built a grain mill out of a pasta maker and made a hopper to mount on it. I also added a weldless stainless ball valve onto my brew kettle. This hobby I told the SWMBO would not be too expensive continues to cost more...and I love it!
So I bought some cheapo scales for grain and one for hops. Here is my scale with a few pounds of two row pale.
This will be my future Kegerator. Right underneath my workbench in the garage. $20 on craigslist, should work for now, til I find a freezer of course.
3.5lbs of grain in my cardboard hopper on my Pasta Grain Mill.
The Crush...
Prepping the mash tun for the grist. (The thread wouldn't be complete without a picture of a temp gauge in my hand, it seems to be mandatory on HBT)
And another. Too bad you can't see the surprise on face after hitting my mash temp.
After 2qts of vorlauf the first running go into the kettle.
That's a CPVC valve on my mash tun with a pvc hose shootin' into my kettle. Sealed up internally with CPVC cement and externally with JB Weld.
The grain bed, boring...
And the sparge. Looks pretty clear in the pic doesn't it?
So I ordered some copper pipe to build an immersion chiller and moved outdoors with a turkey fryer. Still I was not satisfied. So for my third brew I decided I would do it right.
I used a cooler I had sitting around and made a manifold out of CPVC. I built a grain mill out of a pasta maker and made a hopper to mount on it. I also added a weldless stainless ball valve onto my brew kettle. This hobby I told the SWMBO would not be too expensive continues to cost more...and I love it!
So I bought some cheapo scales for grain and one for hops. Here is my scale with a few pounds of two row pale.
This will be my future Kegerator. Right underneath my workbench in the garage. $20 on craigslist, should work for now, til I find a freezer of course.
3.5lbs of grain in my cardboard hopper on my Pasta Grain Mill.
The Crush...
Prepping the mash tun for the grist. (The thread wouldn't be complete without a picture of a temp gauge in my hand, it seems to be mandatory on HBT)
And another. Too bad you can't see the surprise on face after hitting my mash temp.
After 2qts of vorlauf the first running go into the kettle.
That's a CPVC valve on my mash tun with a pvc hose shootin' into my kettle. Sealed up internally with CPVC cement and externally with JB Weld.
The grain bed, boring...
And the sparge. Looks pretty clear in the pic doesn't it?